CVE-2011-1586

Summary

CVECVE-2011-1586
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-04-27 00:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.8 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-22 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Kde Sc 2.2.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 3.5.10 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 alpha1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 alpha2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 beta1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 beta2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 beta3 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 beta4 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 rc1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.0 rc2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.0.5 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.0 alpha1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.0 beta1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.0 beta2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.0 rc All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.80 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.85 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.1.96 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2 beta2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2 rc All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.2.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 beta1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 beta3 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 rc1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 rc2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.0 rc3 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.3.5 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 beta1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 beta2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 rc1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 rc2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.0 rc3 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.4.5 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.2 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.3 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.4 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.5.5 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6 beta1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6 beta2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6 rc1 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6 rc2 All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6.0 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc 4.6.1 All All All
Application Kde Kde Sc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
697042 – (CVE-2011-1586) CVE-2011-1586 kdenetwork: incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2011:081 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
USN-1114-1: KDENetwork vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat update for kdenetwork - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Bug #757526 “Updated fix for CVE-2010-1000” : Bugs : kdenetwork package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 launchpad.net
[KDE] Diff of /branches/KDE/4.4/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org Patch
KDE KGet Directory Traversal Vulnerability - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
[KDE] Diff of /branches/KDE/4.6/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000 in KDE network af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[KDE] Diff of /branches/KDE/4.5/kdenetwork/kget/ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 websvn.kde.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2011-1586 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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