Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0143: libarchive (ALINUX3-SA-2025:0143)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 255234

Synopsis

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALINUX3-SA-2025:0143 advisory.

Package updates are available for Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

CVE-2025-5914:
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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Alibaba Cloud Linux security advisory.

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 affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 255234

File Name: alinux3_sa_2025-0143.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Alibaba Cloud Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 8/26/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: 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: p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcpio, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcat, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdtar-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdtar, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcat-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:bsdcpio-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-debuginfo, cpe:/o:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3, p-cpe:/a:alibabacloud:alibaba_cloud_linux_3:libarchive-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-5914

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