USN-5291-1: libarchive Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 17-02-2022Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-5291-1 is a vulnerability in libarchive Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2021-23177CVE-2021-31566CVE-2021-36976

Timeline

  1. 17-02-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libarchive vulnerabilities It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled symlinks. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to change modes, times, ACLs, and flags on arbitrary files. (CVE-2021-23177, CVE-2021-31566) It was discovered that libarchive incorrectly handled certain RAR archives. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted RAR archive, an attacker could use this issue to cause libarchive to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-36976)

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • libarchive< 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.1

1 vendor · 1 product

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