A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.
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Description | A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition. | |
Title | Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams | |
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Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat openshift |
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Weaknesses | CWE-125 | |
CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 |
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Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat openshift |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2025-06-09T19:49:13.544Z
Updated: 2025-06-10T14:06:30.905Z
Reserved: 2025-06-09T08:11:22.154Z
Link: CVE-2025-5918

Updated: 2025-06-10T14:06:28.595Z

Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-06-09T20:15:27.493
Modified: 2025-06-12T16:06:47.857
Link: CVE-2025-5918
