Bug 2388646

Summary:	Libarchive 3.8.1 is available; Many security updates missing
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Christian Stadelmann <fedora>
Component:	libarchive	Assignee:	Lukas Javorsky <ljavorsk>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	42	CC:	jamartis, ljavorsk, mmuzila, ndevos, pkubat, praiskup
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases
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Description Christian Stadelmann 2025-08-14 18:10:16 UTC

Upstream has published a few updates, some of which are fixing multiple CVEs: https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases

Can you please update libarchive on Fedora 42?

PS: Is it possible that release monitoring doesn't work any more?

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
check current version of libarchive for Fedora 42
Actual Results:
libarchive-3.7.7-4.fc42.x86_64

Expected Results:
libarchive-3.8.1

Additional Information:
One of the CVEs, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5914, has score 9.8

Comment 1 Lukas Javorsky 2025-08-15 11:52:09 UTC

Working on it, thank you for the bug report

Comment 2 Lukas Javorsky 2025-08-15 11:54:27 UTC

https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/libarchive/pull-request/53

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-08-18 13:22:14 UTC

FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea (libarchive-3.8.1-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-08-19 05:13:59 UTC

FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-08-20 01:06:52 UTC

FEDORA-2025-47e73aaaea (libarchive-3.8.1-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.