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CVE-2016-6232

Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.

Published

2016-08-02T16:59:07.197

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-22

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	12.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	15.10	Yes
Application	kde	karchives	≤ 5.24	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1 Patch ([email protected])
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37 ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/ ([email protected])
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)