Bug#832620: kde4libs: CVE-2016-6232: Extraction of tar files possible to arbitrary system locations

[Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org>]

Source: kde4libs
Version: 4:4.8.4-4
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for kde4libs.

CVE-2016-6232[0]:
Extraction of tar files possible to arbitrary system locations

Please note [1], were Balint noticed that the patch in 4:4.14.22-1 was
incomplete.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6232
[1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2016/07/msg00144.html

Regards,
Salvatore