VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-24654
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 1.50%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.50%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 3.3 LOWCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- kde/ark · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.