[ubuntu/noble-security] libarchive 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.6 (Accepted)

Hlib Korzhynskyy hlib.korzhynskyy at canonical.com
Thu Apr 2 18:10:56 UTC 2026


libarchive (3.7.2-2ubuntu0.6) noble-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-bounds read during streamed archive skipping
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-5918-1.patch: Prevent EOF-skipping in
      libarchive/archive_read_open_fd.c, libarchive/archive_read_open_file.c,
      libarchive/archive_read_open_filename.c, add relevant tests in
      libarchive/test/test_read_format_rar.c
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-5918-2.patch: Fix file skip offset handling in
      libarchive/archive_read_open_file.c
    - CVE-2025-5918
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Unbounded memory allocation during bsdtar substitution
    processing
    - debian/patches/CVE-2025-60753.patch: Advance zero-length matches in
      tar/subst.c and add tests in tar/test/test_option_s.c
    - CVE-2025-60753
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Infinite loop during RAR5 decompression
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-4111.patch: Filter bounds in
      libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar5.c and add loop regression
      tests in libarchive/test/test_read_format_rar5_loop_bug.c,
      libarchive/test/test_read_format_rar5_loop_bug.rar.uu
    - CVE-2026-4111

Date: 2026-04-02 13:23:12.110011+00:00
Changed-By: Shafayat Hossain Majumder <shafayat.majumder at canonical.com>
Signed-By: Hlib Korzhynskyy <hlib.korzhynskyy at canonical.com>
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libarchive/3.7.2-2ubuntu0.6
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