{"id":"RLSA-2023:3018","summary":"Low: libarchive security update","details":"The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libarchive: NULL pointer dereference in archive_write.c (CVE-2022-36227)\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n\nAdditional Changes:\n\nFor detailed information on changes in this release, see the Rocky Linux 8.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-03-20T00:30:07.563657Z","published":"2026-03-20T00:02:50.766829Z","upstream":["CVE-2022-36227"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:3018"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2144972"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libarchive?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:3.3.3-5.el8"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2023:3018.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}