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[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2025-079-01)

Posted on 21 March 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2025-079-01)

New libarchive packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
tar reader: Handle truncation in the middle of a GNU long linkname.
unzip: fix null pointer dereference.
tar reader: fix unchecked return value in list_item_verbose().
For more information, see:
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-57970
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-1632
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-25724
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/libarchive-3.7.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.7.8-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.7.8-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
302344418cf8b418b8751eb3d609181a libarchive-3.7.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b46e7d6f066aeb7709beb04ee67832b4 libarchive-3.7.8-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
168e93d41270cc87a3c85701407fa524 l/libarchive-3.7.8-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
e606d6be4636e49b2fcbf10445608f37 l/libarchive-3.7.8-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.7.8-i586-1_slack15.0.txz


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

 

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