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.

Category

3.3
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory kde.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857 issue tracking third party advisory
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/ vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-24654?
CVE-2020-24654 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-24654?
To fix CVE-2020-24654, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-24654 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-24654 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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