USN-7454-1

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    USN-7454-1

    Published: 23 Apr 2025Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libarchive vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that the libarchive bsdunzip utility incorrectly handled certain ZIP archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted ZIP archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 24.10, and Ubuntu 25.04. (CVE-2025-1632) It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain TAR archive files. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted TAR archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2025-25724)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7454-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-1632, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-25724

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libarchive

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=focal

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5

    Affected versions

    3.4.0-1
    3.4.0-1build1
    3.4.0-1ubuntu2
    3.4.0-2ubuntu1
    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1
    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.2
    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.3
    3.4.0-2ubuntu1.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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