vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2025-5918: libarchive: Reading past EOF may be triggered for piped file streams

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 9, 2025
Added
Jul 9, 2025
Modified
Jul 10, 2025

Description

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

Solution

no-fix-redhat-rpm-package
Title
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