list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

According to the versions of the libarchive package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which     can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a     verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom     locale.(CVE-2025-25724)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS libarchive security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote AlmaLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:9431 advisory.

    * libarchive: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-9420 advisory.

    [3.7.7-3]
    - Resolves: CVE-2025-25724

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2025-9431 advisory.

    [3.5.3-5]
    - Resolves: CVE-2025-25724

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9431 advisory.

    The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats,     including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility,     scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libarchive: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2025:9420 advisory.

    The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats,     including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility,     scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.

    Security Fix(es):

    * libarchive: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)

    For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and     other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9 build changelog.

  - list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which     can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a     verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.
    (CVE-2025-25724)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7454-1 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libarchive installed on the remote Azure Linux 3.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-25724 advisory.

  - list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which     can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a     verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer May not be sufficient for a custom locale.
    (CVE-2025-25724)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:0985-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-1632: Fixed null pointer dereference in bsdunzip.c (bsc#1237606)
    - CVE-2025-25724: Fixed buffer overflow vulnerability in function list_item_verbose() in tar/util.c     (bsc#1238610)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

An update of the libarchive package has been released.

The version of libarchive installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2025-25724 advisory.

  - list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which     can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a     verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer May not be sufficient for a custom locale.
    (CVE-2025-25724)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libarchive installed on the remote host is prior to 3.7.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SSA:2025-079-01 advisory.

    New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the libarchive security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
241807	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1778)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
241796	EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1801)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
241010	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1690)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
240996	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1705)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
240944	AlmaLinux 9 : libarchive (ALSA-2025:9431)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	medium
240924	Oracle Linux 10 : libarchive (ELSA-2025-9420)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
240502	Oracle Linux 9 : libarchive (ELSA-2025-9431)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
240476	RHEL 9 : libarchive (RHSA-2025:9431)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
240428	RHEL 10 : libarchive (RHSA-2025:9420)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
238401	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1664)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
238395	EulerOS 2.0 SP11 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1663)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
238237	CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
238227	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1591)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
238196	EulerOS 2.0 SP12 : libarchive (EulerOS-SA-2025-1592)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	medium
234800	Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : libarchive vulnerabilities (USN-7454-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
234113	Azure Linux 3.0 Security Update: libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)	Nessus	Azure Linux Local Security Checks	medium
233204	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2025:0985-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
233176	Photon OS 5.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-5.0-0487	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
233174	Photon OS 4.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-4.0-0768	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
233111	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: libarchive (CVE-2025-25724)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	medium
233053	Slackware Linux 15.0 / current libarchive Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSA:2025-079-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium

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