CVE-2024-57970 Affecting libarchive-doc package, versions <3.7.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LIBARCHIVEDOC-13313083
  • published6 Oct 2025
  • disclosed16 Feb 2025

Introduced: 16 Feb 2025

CVE-2024-57970  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest libarchive-doc to version 3.7.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive-doc package and not the libarchive-doc package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

libarchive through 3.7.7 has a heap-based buffer over-read in header_gnu_longlink in archive_read_support_format_tar.c via a TAR archive because it mishandles truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1