| Name | CVE-2016-6232 |
| Description | Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-570-1, DSA-3643-1 |
| NVD severity | medium (attack range: remote) |
| Debian Bugs | 832620 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| karchive (PTS) | stretch | 5.28.0-2 | fixed |
| buster, sid | 5.37.0-2 | fixed | |
| kde4libs (PTS) | wheezy | 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u1 | vulnerable |
| wheezy (security) | 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u3 | fixed | |
| jessie (security), jessie | 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u2 | fixed | |
| stretch | 4:4.14.26-2 | fixed | |
| buster, sid | 4:4.14.36-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| karchive | source | (unstable) | 5.24.0-1 | medium | ||
| kde4libs | source | (unstable) | 4:4.14.22-2 | medium | 832620 | |
| kde4libs | source | jessie | 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1 | medium | DSA-3643-1 | |
| kde4libs | source | wheezy | 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u2 | medium | DLA-570-1 |
The fix for 4:4.14.22-1 was incomplete, cf.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2016/07/msg00144.html
Fix: https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128185/