A libarchive security update has been released for SUSE Linux Enterprise and openSUSE Leap 15.3.

SUSE-SU-2022:4202-1: Security update for libarchive

SUSE Security Update: Security update for libarchive
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:4202-1
Rating: low
References: #1205629
Cross-References: CVE-2022-36227
CVSS scores:
CVE-2022-36227 (SUSE): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15-SP3SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
SUSE Manager Server 4.2
openSUSE Leap 15.3
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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:

This update for libarchive fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2022-36227: Fixed potential NULL pointer dereference in __archive_write_allocate_filter() (bsc#1205629).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.3:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-4202=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3:
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP3-2022-4202=1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3:

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2022-4202=1

Package List:

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1

- openSUSE Leap 15.3 (x86_64):

libarchive13-32bit-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive13-32bit-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

bsdtar-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
bsdtar-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1

- SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

libarchive-debugsource-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive-devel-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive13-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1
libarchive13-debuginfo-3.4.2-150200.4.15.1

References:

  https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36227.html
  https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205629