CVE-2011-1586

NameCVE-2011-1586
DescriptionDirectory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kdenetworksourcelenny(not affected)
kdenetworksourcesqueeze4:4.4.5-2+squeeze1
kdenetworksource(unstable)4:4.6.3-1

Notes

[lenny] - kdenetwork <not-affected> (Metalink plugin not yet present)

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