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Debian: CVE-2020-24654: ark -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-24654: ark -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/02/2020
Created
09/09/2020
Added
09/08/2020
Modified
09/23/2020

Description

In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ark

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