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CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-6.el9

high Nessus Plugin ID 251238

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for bsdcat.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the libarchive-3.5.3-6.el9 build changelog.

 - 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)

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

Solution

Update the CentOS 9 Stream bsdcat package.

See Also

https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=81561

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 251238

File Name: centos9_libarchive-3_5_3-6_81561.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/18/2025

Updated: 8/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5914

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:centos:centos:9, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcat, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdtar

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5914

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