A libarchive security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

RHSA-2023:3018-01: Low: libarchive security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Low: libarchive security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2023:3018-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3018
Issue date: 2023-05-16
CVE Names: CVE-2022-36227
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1. Summary:

An update for libarchive is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different
streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM
images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting
language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop
file managers.

Security Fix(es):

* libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c (CVE-2022-36227)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.

4. Solution:

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:

  https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

5. Bugs fixed (  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

2144972 - CVE-2022-36227 libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8):

Source:
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.src.rpm

aarch64:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
bsdtar-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8):

aarch64:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm
libarchive-devel-3.3.3-5.el8.aarch64.rpm

ppc64le:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm
libarchive-devel-3.3.3-5.el8.ppc64le.rpm

s390x:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm
libarchive-devel-3.3.3-5.el8.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdcat-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-debuginfo-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-debugsource-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm
libarchive-devel-3.3.3-5.el8.i686.rpm
libarchive-devel-3.3.3-5.el8.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
  https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/

7. References:

  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36227
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.8_release_notes/index

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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