USN-6805-1: libarchive vulnerability
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22 August 2024
22 August 2024
CLOSED
MEDIUM
CVE-2024-26256
Severity
medium
Vendor
VMware Tanzu
Versions Affected
- Cflinuxfs4
- Canonical Ubuntu 22.04
Description
It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archive files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. Update Instructions: Run `sudo pro fix USN-6805-1` to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: libarchive-dev - 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 libarchive-tools - 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 libarchive13 - 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.1 No subscription required.
Fixed VMware Products and Versions
- Cflinuxfs4
- 1.99.0 or greater
- Jammy Stemcells
- 1.486 or greater
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6805-1
https://www.cloudfoundry.org/blog/usn-6805-1
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=usn-6805-1
History
2024-06-04: Initial vulnerability report published.