Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update
A heap buffer over-read vulnerability (CVE-2024-57970) exists in the libarchive library's header_gnu_longlink function. Libarchive is widely used for creating and reading various archive formats and is included in utilities like bsdtar and language bindings such as python-libarchive. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 versions prior to 10.2.0. Red Hat has released a security update to address this issue.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The libarchive programming library, which supports multiple streaming archive formats including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images, contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the header_gnu_longlink function (CVE-2024-57970). This flaw could potentially lead to memory safety issues when processing specially crafted archive headers. The vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 versions before 10.2.0. Red Hat Product Security has issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:7510) and released updated packages to fix this moderate severity issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may cause a heap buffer over-read, which can lead to application crashes or potentially expose sensitive memory contents. The advisory rates the impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the libarchive update available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to remediate the issue. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update
Description
A heap buffer over-read vulnerability (CVE-2024-57970) exists in the libarchive library's header_gnu_longlink function. Libarchive is widely used for creating and reading various archive formats and is included in utilities like bsdtar and language bindings such as python-libarchive. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 versions prior to 10.2.0. Red Hat has released a security update to address this issue.
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Technical Analysis
The libarchive programming library, which supports multiple streaming archive formats including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images, contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the header_gnu_longlink function (CVE-2024-57970). This flaw could potentially lead to memory safety issues when processing specially crafted archive headers. The vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 versions before 10.2.0. Red Hat Product Security has issued an advisory (RHSA-2025:7510) and released updated packages to fix this moderate severity issue.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability may cause a heap buffer over-read, which can lead to application crashes or potentially expose sensitive memory contents. The advisory rates the impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released an official security update that fixes this vulnerability. Users should apply the libarchive update available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to remediate the issue. For detailed update instructions, refer to the Red Hat advisory at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation is required beyond applying the official patch.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2025:7510
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a3da1d24853345fc1825c36
Added to database: 06/25/2026, 21:46:58 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 00:10:04 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 9
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