{"id":"ALSA-2020:4443","summary":"Moderate: 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: out-of-bounds read in archive_wstring_append_from_mbs in archive_string.c (CVE-2019-19221)\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 AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:49:18.765899Z","published":"2020-11-03T12:05:06Z","related":["CVE-2019-19221"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-19221"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libarchive-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libarchive-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.3.2-9.el8"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2020:4443.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}