Vulnerability CVE-2016-6232
Published: 2016-08-02

Description:
Directory traversal vulnerability in KArchive before 5.24, as used in KDE Frameworks, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a filename in an archive file, related to KNewsstuff downloads.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
None
Affected software
KDE -> Karchives 
Canonical -> Ubuntu linux 

 References:
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
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