Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package ark (opens in a new tab)
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-ARK-1029650
- published30 Jul 2020
- disclosed3 Aug 2020
Introduced: 30 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-16116 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ark package and not the ark package as distributed by Ubuntu.
In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-16116
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16116
- https://invent.kde.org/utilities/ark/-/commit/0df592524fed305d6fbe74ddf8a196bc9ffdb92f
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200730-1.txt
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4738
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/