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CVE-2016-6232

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 sl…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
KdeKarchives
through 5.24

Weakness classification

References