Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update
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: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724) 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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The libarchive library, used in utilities like bsdtar and scripting language bindings, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-25724. This flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption when processing certain archive formats. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10 to address this vulnerability. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate and provides updated packages for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64.
Potential Impact
The buffer overflow vulnerability in libarchive could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other unintended behavior when processing crafted archive files. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported. The impact is rated moderate by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for libarchive in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10. Users should apply these updates promptly following the guidance in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9420 and RHSA-2025:9431. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update
Description
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: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724) 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.
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The libarchive library, used in utilities like bsdtar and scripting language bindings, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-25724. This flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption when processing certain archive formats. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10 to address this vulnerability. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate and provides updated packages for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64.
Potential Impact
The buffer overflow vulnerability in libarchive could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other unintended behavior when processing crafted archive files. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported. The impact is rated moderate by the vendor.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates for libarchive in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10. Users should apply these updates promptly following the guidance in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9420 and RHSA-2025:9431. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:24383
- Cve Count
- 1
Threat ID: 6a27320ee29bf47b509bf2d6
Added to database: 06/08/2026, 21:20:14 UTC
Last enriched: 08/07/2026, 00:57:09 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 504
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