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CVE-2016-6232

Published: 18 July 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
kde4libs
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(4:4.14.34-0ubuntu2)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(4:4.14.34-0ubuntu2)
disco Not vulnerable
(4:4.14.34-0ubuntu2)
precise
Released (4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.5)
trusty
Released (4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3)
upstream Needed

wily
Released (4:4.14.13-0ubuntu1.1)
xenial
Released (4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.3)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(4:4.14.30-0ubuntu1.1)
artful Not vulnerable
(4:4.14.34-0ubuntu2)
karchive
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

precise Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (5.24.0)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable
(5.31.0-0ubuntu1)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.kde.org/karchive.git/commit/?id=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N