CVE-2016-6232

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 bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-570-1, DSA-3643-1
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	832620

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
karchive (PTS)	stretch	5.28.0-2	fixed
	buster	5.54.0-1	fixed
	bullseye, sid	5.78.0-2	fixed
kde4libs (PTS)	stretch	4:4.14.26-2	fixed
	buster	4:4.14.38-3	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin	Debian Bugs
karchive	source	(unstable)	5.24.0-1
kde4libs	source	wheezy	4:4.8.4-4+deb7u2	DLA-570-1
kde4libs	source	jessie	4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1	DSA-3643-1
kde4libs	source	(unstable)	4:4.14.22-2		832620

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/