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.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.5
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade karchiveUpgrade kde4libs | Aug 7, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade kdelibs | Dec 10, 2025 | Aug 27, 2016 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libKF5Archive5Upgrade karchive-devel | Jul 28, 2016 | Jul 27, 2016 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libkdecore5Upgrade libkf5configcore5 | Aug 2, 2016 | Aug 2, 2016 |
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