CVE-2020-16116

Summary

CVECVE-2020-16116
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-03 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionIn kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Kde Ark All All All All
Application Kde Ark All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fix vulnerability to path traversal attacks (0df59252) · Commits · Utilities / Ark · GitLab CONFIRM invent.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ark-20.04.3-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ark-20.04.3-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-4461-1: Ark vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: ark-20.04.3-3.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1183-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Ark: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 202008-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt CONFIRM kde.org Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ark-20.04.3-3.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Commits · KDE/ark · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4738-1 ark CONFIRM www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3015-1] ark security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179301 Debian Security Update for ark (DLA 3015-1)
  • 500839 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 501526 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 504583 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 690463 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for ark (d1ef1138-d273-11ea-a757-e0d55e2a8bf9)
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