ALSA-2022:0892

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    ALSA-2022:0892

    Published: 15 Mar 2022Last 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: extracting a symlink with ACLs modifies ACLs of target (CVE-2021-23177) * libarchive: symbolic links incorrectly followed when changing modes, times, ACL and flags of a file while extracting an archive (CVE-2021-31566) 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.

    References: https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2022-0892.html, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-23177, https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-31566

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bsdtar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/almalinux/bsdtar

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.3-3.el8_5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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