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CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9

🗓️ 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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CentOS 9 has a libarchive vulnerability allowing denial of service via crafted TAR archives.

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#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# the CentOS Stream Build Service.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(238237);
  script_version("1.2");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/21");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-25724");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0834-S");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 9 : libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote CentOS host is missing a security update for bsdcat.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote CentOS Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9 build changelog.

  - 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.
    (CVE-2025-25724)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://kojihub.stream.centos.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=78688");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the CentOS 9 Stream bsdcat package.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-25724");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/12/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/09");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/06/11");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:centos:centos:9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcat");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdcpio");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:bsdtar");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libarchive-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include('rpm2.inc');
include('rhel.inc');

if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_product = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/product');
if (isnull(os_product) || 'CentOS' >!< os_product) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS');
var os_release = get_kb_item('installed_os/local/SSH/0/release');
if (isnull(os_release)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'CentOS');
if (!rhel_check_release(operator: 'ge', os_version: os_release, rhel_version: '9')) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'CentOS 9.x', 'CentOS ' + os_release);

if (!get_kb_item('Host/CentOS/rpm-list')) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu && 'ppc' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'CentOS', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'bsdcat-3.5.3-5.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bsdcpio-3.5.3-5.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'bsdtar-3.5.3-5.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libarchive-3.5.3-5.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE},
    {'reference':'libarchive-devel-3.5.3-5.el9', 'release':'9', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var sp = NULL;
  var _cpu = NULL;
  var el_string = NULL;
  var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
  var epoch = NULL;
  var allowmaj = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = 'CentOS-' + package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['el_string'])) el_string = package_array['el_string'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['epoch'])) epoch = package_array['epoch'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['allowmaj'])) allowmaj = package_array['allowmaj'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, epoch:epoch, el_string:el_string, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp, allowmaj:allowmaj)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_NOTE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'bsdcat / bsdcpio / bsdtar / libarchive / libarchive-devel');
}

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21 Jan 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.14 - 7.8
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