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CVE-2020-16116 Detail

Description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master Release Notes  Third Party Advisory 
https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03 Third Party Advisory 
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/ Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738 Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-16116
NVD Published Date:
08/03/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
MITRE