ALAS2022-2022-201

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2022-26280  

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in libarchive. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply a specially crafted zip file to libarchive to cause an out-of-bounds read in programs linked with libarchive, using the LZMA zip functionality. The consequences depend on the specific program linked with libarchive. Still, they would most likely result in an application crash or information disclosure that could be used in conjunction with another exploit. (CVE-2022-26280)

ALAS2022-2022-201


Amazon Linux 2022 Security Advisory: ALAS-2022-201
Advisory Release Date: 2022-11-01 21:25 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2022-11-03 20:55 Pacific
Severity: Medium
References: CVE-2022-26280 

Issue Overview:

An out-of-bounds read flaw was found in libarchive. This flaw allows an attacker who can supply a specially crafted zip file to libarchive to cause an out-of-bounds read in programs linked with libarchive, using the LZMA zip functionality. The consequences depend on the specific program linked with libarchive. Still, they would most likely result in an application crash or information disclosure that could be used in conjunction with another exploit. (CVE-2022-26280)


Affected Packages:

libarchive


Issue Correction:
Run dnf update libarchive --releasever=2022.0.20221102 to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    libarchive-debugsource-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    bsdtar-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    bsdcat-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    bsdcat-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    bsdcpio-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    libarchive-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64
    libarchive-devel-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    libarchive-debugsource-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    libarchive-devel-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    libarchive-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdtar-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdcpio-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdcat-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686
    bsdcat-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.i686

src:
    libarchive-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.src

x86_64:
    libarchive-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    libarchive-devel-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    libarchive-debugsource-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdtar-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdcpio-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdcat-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdcpio-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    libarchive-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdcat-debuginfo-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64
    bsdtar-3.5.3-2.amzn2022.0.1.x86_64