CVE-2016-6232

Description

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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4100-1/

https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91806

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3