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FKIE_CVE-2020-24654

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-02 17:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 03:05
Severity
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Summary
In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde ark *
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject fedora 32
opensuse leap 15.1
opensuse leap 15.2
debian debian_linux 9.0
fedoraproject fedora 33
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