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Package "libarchive"

Name: libarchive

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This package is just an umbrella for a group of other packages, it has no description.
Description samples from packages in group:

  • Multi-format archive and compression library (development files)
  • Multi-format archive and compression library (shared library)
Latest version: 3.8.5-1ubuntu2.1
Release: resolute (26.04)
Level: security
Repository: main

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Version: 3.8.5-1ubuntu2.1 2026-05-21 17:07:38 UTC

  libarchive (3.8.5-1ubuntu2.1) resolute-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Heap out-of-bounds read during RAR archive processing
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-4424-1.patch: Reallocate undersized LZSS windows
      in libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-4424-2.patch: Cast LZSS mask comparison in
      libarchive/archive_read_support_format_rar.c
    - CVE-2026-4424
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Undefined behavior during zisofs decompression
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-4426.patch: Validate zisofs block size exponent
      in libarchive/archive_read_support_format_iso9660.c
    - CVE-2026-4426
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Integer overflow during zisofs block pointer allocation
    - debian/patches/CVE-2026-5121.patch: Add related regression tests in
      test/test_read_format_iso_zisofs_overflow.c and
      ../test_read_format_iso_zisofs_overflow.iso.uu
    - CVE-2026-5121

 -- Shafayat Hossain Majumder <email address hidden> Tue, 20 May 2026 11:52:49 -0400
CVE-2026-4424 A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAR archive processing logic due to improper validation of t
CVE-2026-4426 A flaw was found in libarchive. An Undefined Behavior vulnerability exists in the zisofs decompression logic, caused by improper validation of a fiel
CVE-2026-5121 A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the zisofs block pointer allocation logic. A remote at


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