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alsa-2025:14135
Vulnerability from osv_almalinux
Published
2025-08-20 00:00
Modified
2025-08-21 05:47
Summary
Important: libarchive security update
Details

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.

Security Fix(es):

  • libarchive: Double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() in archive_read_support_format_rar.c (CVE-2025-5914)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References
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        "name": "bsdtar"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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  ],
  "details": "The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * libarchive: Double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() in archive_read_support_format_rar.c (CVE-2025-5914)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n",
  "id": "ALSA-2025:14135",
  "modified": "2025-08-21T05:47:20Z",
  "published": "2025-08-20T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14135"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2370861"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-14135.html"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2025-5914"
  ],
  "summary": "Important: libarchive security update"
}



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