Bug 2388646 - Libarchive 3.8.1 is available; Many security updates missing
Summary: Libarchive 3.8.1 is available; Many security updates missing
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libarchive
Version: 42
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lukas Javorsky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://github.com/libarchive/libarch...
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-08-14 18:10 UTC by Christian Stadelmann
Modified: 2025-08-20 01:06 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: libarchive-3.8.1-1.fc42
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2025-08-20 01:06:52 UTC
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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 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.


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