| 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, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-3015-1, DSA-4759-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 969437 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| ark (PTS) | buster, buster (security) | 4:18.08.3-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| bullseye | 4:20.12.2-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 4:22.12.3-1 | fixed |
| trixie | 4:23.08.1-2 | fixed |
| sid | 4:23.08.5-1 | 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 |
Notes
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt