| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-570-1, DSA-3643-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 832620 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| karchive (PTS) | bullseye | 5.78.0-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 5.103.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 5.115.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
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/