Directory Traversal Affecting ark package, versions <20.04.3-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.71% (75th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-ARK-8482508
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed3 Aug 2020

Introduced: 3 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-16116  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 ark to version 20.04.3-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ark package and not the ark package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1