FKIE_CVE-2016-6232

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2016-08-02 16:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:50
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1Patch
cve@mitre.orghttps://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txtExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txtExploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10
kde karchives *
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