CVE-2016-6232

NameCVE-2016-6232
DescriptionDirectory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-570-1, DSA-3643-1
Debian Bugs832620

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
karchive (PTS)bullseye5.78.0-2fixed
bookworm5.103.0-1fixed
sid, trixie5.115.0-2fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
karchivesource(unstable)5.24.0-1
kde4libssourcewheezy4:4.8.4-4+deb7u2DLA-570-1
kde4libssourcejessie4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1DSA-3643-1
kde4libssource(unstable)4:4.14.22-2832620

Notes

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/

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