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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 3.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtVendor Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759Third Party Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Sep 2, 2020
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified