CVE-2025-25724

Publication date 2 March 2025

Last updated 6 April 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.0 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

list_item_verbose in tar/util.c in libarchive through 3.7.7 does not check an strftime return value, which can lead to a denial of service or unspecified other impact via a crafted TAR archive that is read with a verbose value of 2. For example, the 100-byte buffer may not be sufficient for a custom locale.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libarchive 25.10 questing
Fixed 3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1
25.04 plucky
Fixed 3.7.7-0ubuntu2.1
24.10 oracular
Fixed 3.7.4-1ubuntu0.2
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.4
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.4
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm2
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm4

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Notes

mdeslaur

same commit as CVE-2025-1632

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libarchive

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.0 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7454-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 23 April 2025
    • USN-8147-1
    • libarchive vulnerabilities
    • 2 April 2026

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