ubuntu-cve-2020-24654
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-09-01 00:00
Modified
2025-09-08 16:46
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ark",
            "binary_version": "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "ark",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/ark@4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:15.08.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:15.12.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:15.12.3-0ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ark",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "ark",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:17.04.3-0ubuntu3",
        "4:17.08.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.08.3-0ubuntu2",
        "4:17.12.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:17.12.3-0ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "ark",
            "binary_version": "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS",
        "name": "ark",
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      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.2"
            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4:19.04.3-0ubuntu2",
        "4:19.08.1-1",
        "4:19.08.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.12.0-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.12.0-1",
        "4:19.12.1-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.12.2-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1",
        "4:19.12.3-0ubuntu1.1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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\u0027s home directory.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24654",
  "modified": "2025-09-08T16:46:18Z",
  "published": "2020-09-01T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-24654"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4482-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-24654"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-4482-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2020-24654"
  ]
}



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