{"id":"MGASA-2024-0363","summary":"Updated libarchive packages fix security vulnerability","details":"A heap-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability was discovered in\nlibarchive, a multi-format archive and compression library, which may\nresult in the execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted RAR\narchive is processed. (CVE-2024-20696)\n","modified":"2026-01-31T13:38:44.503357Z","published":"2024-11-13T18:48:01Z","related":["CVE-2024-20696"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0363.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33757"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00220.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Mageia:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/libarchive?arch=source&distro=mageia-9"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.6.2-5.3.mga9"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0363.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}