CVE-2020-24654

Summary

CVECVE-2020-24654
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-09-02 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionIn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
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 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 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
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ark-20.04.3-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Ark: Arbitrary code execution (GLSA 202010-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1310-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ark-20.04.3-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: ark-20.04.3-5.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: ark-20.04.3-5.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Pass the ARCHIVE_EXTRACT_SECURE_SYMLINKS flag to libarchive · KDE/ark@8bf8c5e · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4759-1 ark DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4482-1: Ark vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
Bug 1175857 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-24654: ark: maliciously crafted TAR archive can install files outside the extraction directory CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 3015-1] ark security update MLIST lists.debian.org
Ark: Symlink vulnerability (GLSA 202101-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt CONFIRM kde.org Vendor Advisory
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)
  • 500840 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 501527 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 504584 Alpine Linux Security Update for ark
  • 690505 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for ark (38fdf07b-e8ec-11ea-8bbe-e0d55e2a8bf9)
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