Gentoo update for Ark

Published: 2021-01-11

Risk	Medium
Patch available	YES
Number of vulnerabilities	1
CVE-ID	CVE-2020-24654
CWE-ID	CWE-61
Exploitation vector	Network
Public exploit	N/A
Vulnerable software Subscribe	Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system
Vendor	Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) UNIX symbolic link following

EUVDB-ID: #VU46109

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-24654

CWE-ID: CWE-61 - UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to a symlink following issue when processing .tar archives in KDE ark. remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted .tar archive and overwrite arbitrary files on the target system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
kde-apps/ark to version: 20.04.3-r2

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

External links

http://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.