SUSE-SU-2015:0667-1

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    SUSE-SU-2015:0667-1

    Published: 16 Mar 2015Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for libarchive

    Details: libarchive was updated to fix a directory traversal in the bsdcpio tool, which allowed attackers supplying crafted archives to overwrite files. (CVE-2015-2304) Also, a integer overflow was fixed that could also overflow buffers. (CVE-2013-0211)

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2015/suse-su-20150667-1/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/800024, https://bugzilla.suse.com/920870, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0211, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2304

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/libarchive&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.1.2-9.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High