SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2025:02566-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 243270

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

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-2025:02566-1 advisory.

- CVE-2025-5914: Fixed double free due to an integer overflow in the archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() function (bsc#1244272)
- CVE-2025-5915: Fixed heap buffer over read in copy_from_lzss_window() at archive_read_support_format_rar.c (bsc#1244273)
- CVE-2025-5916: Fixed integer overflow while reading warc files at archive_read_support_format_warc.c (bsc#1244270)
- CVE-2025-5917: Fixed off by one error in build_ustar_entry_name() at archive_write_set_format_pax.c (bsc#1244336)
- CVE-2025-5918: Fixed reading past EOF may be triggered for piped file streams (bsc#1244279)

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.

Solution

Update the affected bsdtar, libarchive-devel, libarchive13 and / or libarchive13-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 243270

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02566-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2025

Updated: 8/1/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5914

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive-devel

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5914, CVE-2025-5915, CVE-2025-5916, CVE-2025-5917, CVE-2025-5918

IAVA: 2024-A-0834-S, 2025-A-0551

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:02566-1

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