Path traversal in KDE Frameworks - CVE-2016-6232
Published: August 19, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20302
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6232
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
KDE Frameworks
KDE Frameworks
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted archive and data write to arbitrary files via a ./ (dot dot slash) in a filename, related to KNewsstuff downloads.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6232
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00023.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-09/msg00000.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3643
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/16/3
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3042-1
- https://quickgit.kde.org/?p=karchive.git&a=commit&h=0cb243f64eef45565741b27364cece7d5c349c37
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt