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6.6Medium CVE-2025-5918 Libarchive

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library.

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

What happened

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

Does it affect you

Not enough information

No products recorded, so this cannot be matched against anything.

What to do

  • Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
    access.redhat.com
  • Apply the vendor patch named in this advisory.
    github.com
  • Follow the vendor advisory for the fixed release and any interim mitigation.
    github.com

Vendor's affected list

rhel
Exactly 6.0

Sources

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