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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2025:02718-2)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 253437

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2025:02718-2 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 and / or libarchive13 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244270

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244272

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244273

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244279

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244336

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2025-August/041311.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5915

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5916

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5917

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 253437

File Name: suse_SU-2025-02718-2.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/21/2025

Updated: 8/21/2025

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: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-5918

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:libarchive-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libarchive13

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: 8/20/2025

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-2025:02718-2