execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst.

An update of the libarchive package has been released.

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-742 advisory.

    execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds     access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48957)

    execute_filter_delta in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds     access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48958)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-ab6348928b advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2024-48957

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-80e4603b92 advisory.

    Fix for CVE-2024-48957

    ----

    Automatic update for libarchive-3.7.2-6.fc40.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of libarchive installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2024-48957 advisory.

  - execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c in libarchive before 3.7.5 allows out-of-bounds     access via a crafted archive file because src can move beyond dst. (CVE-2024-48957)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3675-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-48957: Fixed out-of-bounds access in execute_filter_audio in archive_read_support_format_rar.c     (bsc#1231544).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7070-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory checks, which could result in a NULL pointer     dereference. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only     affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2022-36227)

    It was discovered that libarchive mishandled certain memory operations, which could result in an out-of-     bounds memory access. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This     issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-48957, CVE-2024-48958)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
210942	Photon OS 5.0: Libarchive PHSA-2024-5.0-0400	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
209994	Amazon Linux 2023 : bsdcat, bsdcpio, bsdtar (ALAS2023-2024-742)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
209922	Fedora 39 : libarchive (2024-ab6348928b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209323	Fedora 40 : libarchive (2024-80e4603b92)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209314	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: libarchive (CVE-2024-48957)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	high
209217	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : libarchive (SUSE-SU-2024:3675-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
209121	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS : libarchive vulnerabilities (USN-7070-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical

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