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Echo: libarchive: security update to 3.7.4-4+e2

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 462547

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file
 tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and
 lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash). (CVE-2025-60753)

Solution

Update the libarchive library and its related packages to version 3.7.4-4+e2 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2025-60753

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 462547

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.71

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-60753

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-60753

IAVA: 2025-A-0551-S