HELP please re:libarchive version security bug

[Member stevesr0]

I heard that there is a bug in versions of libarchive that warrants updating to version 3.4.0 (CVE-2019-18408). I am running antix 17 with libarchive3 installed, with a version level of 3.2.2. I don’t see version 3.4.0 available as an alternative.

I also understand that Debian has updated to version 3.4.

I just attempted to update by installing from the libarchive.org github site. Configure completed without complaint,but make generated errors in make make ch and make install (see below).
MAKE:
“Makefile:6561: recipe for target ‘libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.lo’ failed
make[1]: *** [libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/stevesr0/Downloads/libarchive-3.4.0’
Makefile:3773: recipe for target ‘all’ failed
make: *** [all] Error 2”

Make ch:
$ make ch
make: *** No rule to make target ‘ch’. Stop.

Make install:
libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.c:247:11: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type ‘struct private_data’
if (state->mtime != 0)
^~
At top level:
libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.c:240:1: warning: ‘gzip_read_header’ defined but not used [-Wunused-function]
gzip_read_header(struct archive_read_filter *self, struct archive_entry *entry)
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Makefile:6561: recipe for target ‘libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.lo’ failed
make[1]: *** [libarchive/archive_read_support_filter_gzip.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory ‘/home/stevesr0/Downloads/libarchive-3.4.0’
Makefile:14897: recipe for target ‘install’ failed
make: *** [install] Error 2

I don’t know if these errors are significant (the new version is not installed and/or the old version has been mucked with).

I have sought enlightenment from the github site and internet search, but haven’t found anything helpful.

Comments appreciated.

I will also recheck whether things are working after reboot.

stevesr0

• This topic was modified 3 weeks, 2 days ago by stevesr0.

[Forum Admin anticapitalista]

It seems there is already a security fix version in Debian stretch

https://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/liba/libarchive/libarchive_3.2.2-2+deb9u2_changelog

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[Member stevesr0]

Hi anticapitalista,

Thanks for reply. That does seem to address the CVEs of concern.

I already had that one installed, so my work was unnecessary.

stevesr0

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