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FreeBSD : kdelibs -- directory traversal vulnerability (4472ab39-6c66-11e6-9ca5-50e549ebab6c)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93144

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

David Faure reports :

A maliciously crafted archive (.zip or .tar.bz2) with '../' in the file paths could be offered for download via the KNewStuff framework (e.g. on www.kde-look.org), and upon extraction would install files anywhere in the user's home directory.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt

http://www.nessus.org/u?d247bc89

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93144

File Name: freebsd_pkg_4472ab396c6611e69ca550e549ebab6c.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Published: 8/29/2016

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:kdelibs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6232