| Name | CVE-2020-24654 |
| Description | In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user's home directory. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3015-1, DSA-4759-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 969437 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| ark (PTS) | bullseye | 4:20.12.2-1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security) | 4:20.12.2-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 4:22.12.3-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1 | fixed | |
| forky, sid, trixie | 4:25.04.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ark | source | stretch | 4:16.08.3-2+deb9u1 | DLA-3015-1 | ||
| ark | source | buster | 4:18.08.3-1+deb10u2 | DSA-4759-1 | ||
| ark | source | (unstable) | 4:20.08.1-1 | 969437 |
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt