ALSA-2020:4443

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    ALSA-2020:4443

    Published: 3 Nov 2020Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Moderate: libarchive security update

    Details: 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: out-of-bounds read in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c (CVE-2019-19221) 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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

    References: https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-19221

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive-devel

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/libarchive-devel

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.2-9.el8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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