ALAS-2023-2364

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-36227  

In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-36227)

ALAS-2023-2364


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2364
Advisory Release Date: 2023-11-29 22:20 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-12-04 21:45 Pacific
Severity: Low

Issue Overview:

In libarchive 3.6.1, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if the function fails, which leads to a resultant NULL pointer dereference or, in some cases, even arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2022-36227)


Affected Packages:

libarchive


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update libarchive to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.aarch64
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.aarch64

i686:
    libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.i686
    libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.i686
    bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.i686
    bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.i686
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.i686

src:
    libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.src

x86_64:
    libarchive-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    libarchive-devel-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    bsdtar-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    bsdcpio-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.x86_64
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.1.2-14.amzn2.0.2.x86_64