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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16116: ark maliciously crafted archive can install files anywhere in the user's home directory

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16116: ark maliciously crafted archive can install files anywhere in the user's home directory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/03/2020
Created
10/22/2020
Added
10/22/2020
Modified
10/22/2020

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.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-ark

References

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