Buffer Overflow Affecting libarchive package, versions [0,]
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- published2 Mar 2025
- disclosed2 Mar 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Mar 2025
NewCVE-2025-25724 (opens in a new tab)Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) are common identifiers for publicly known security vulnerabilities
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How to fix?
There is no fixed version for libarchive.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via the list_item_verbose function. An attacker can cause the application to crash or potentially trigger other unintended behaviors by providing a specially crafted TAR archive that is processed with a verbose value of 2.