A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption, enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.

The version of libarchive installed on the remote host is prior to 3.1.2-14. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2912 advisory.

    A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the     archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately     lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption,     enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. (CVE-2025-5914)

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

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

An update of the libarchive package has been released.

The remote Ubuntu 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-7601-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archive files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-5914)

    It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archive files. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to read sensitive data or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2025-5915)

    It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain WARC archive files. If a user or automated     system were tricked into processing a specially crafted WARC archive, an attacker could use this issue to     cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-5916)

    It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain file names when handling prefixes and     suffixes. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of     service. (CVE-2025-5917)

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.

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1022 advisory.

    A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library, specifically within the     archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function. This flaw involves an integer overflow that can ultimately     lead to a double-free condition. Exploiting a double-free vulnerability can result in memory corruption,     enabling an attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition. (CVE-2025-5914)

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

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
241767	Amazon Linux 2 : libarchive (ALAS-2025-2912)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical
241383	Photon OS 4.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-4.0-0829	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
241154	Photon OS 5.0: Libarchive PHSA-2025-5.0-0545	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	critical
241063	Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 / 25.04 : libarchive vulnerabilities (USN-7601-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
240326	Amazon Linux 2023 : bsdcat, bsdcpio, bsdtar (ALAS2023-2025-1022)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	critical

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