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[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2025-322-01)

Posted on 19 November 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] libarchive (SSA:2025-322-01)

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-3.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update contains security fixes and improvements:
lib: Create temporary files in the target directory (#2753)
lha: Fix for an out-of-bounds buffer overrun when using p[H_LEVEL_OFFSET] (#2768)
7-zip: Fix a buffer overrun when reading truncated 7zip headers (#2769)
(* 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-3.8.3-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-3.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/libarchive-3.8.3-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/libarchive-3.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
9398927d9887128fa948db2f3116357c libarchive-3.8.3-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
59fd31a3b4bba0b64c1228081958c542 libarchive-3.8.3-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
bac4db1848d5bf1bb098ada81a5078b4 l/libarchive-3.8.3-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a65b64666922861c2fac5a2039d87133 l/libarchive-3.8.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg libarchive-3.8.3-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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