Bug#969437: ark: CVE-2020-24654
Source: ark
Version: 4:20.08.0-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
X-Debbugs-Cc: carnil@debian.org, Debian Security Team <team@security.debian.org>
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for ark.
CVE-2020-24654[0]:
| 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.
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-2020-24654
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24654
[1] https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
[2] https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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