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SUSE: CVE-2020-24654: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2020-24654: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
08/27/2020
Created
09/04/2020
Added
09/02/2020
Modified
10/22/2021

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)

  • suse-upgrade-ark
  • suse-upgrade-ark-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libkerfuffle18
  • suse-upgrade-libkerfuffle20

References

  • USN-4482-1
  • CVE-2020-24654

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