SUSE-RU-2021:2757-1

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    SUSE-RU-2021:2757-1

    Published: 17 Aug 2021Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Recommended update for libarchive

    Details: This update for libarchive fixes the following issues: libarchive was updated to version 3.3.3 * Avoid super-linear slowdown on malformed mtree files * Many fixes for building with Visual Studio * NO_OVERWRITE doesn't change existing directory attributes * New support for Zstandard read and write filters * Fixes CVE-2017-14501, CVE-2017-14502, CVE-2017-14503 - Needed by of Firefox91 (bsc#1188891)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/-2021-2757/suse-ru-20212757-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1188891, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14166, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14501, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14502, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14503, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-18408

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOS

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.3-3.14.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
    None
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
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