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DEBIAN-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 operatio...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 ark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:20.08.1-1"}]}]

Debian:13 ark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:20.08.1-1"}]}]

Debian:14 ark

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"4:20.08.1-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org