Low severity3.3NVD Advisory· Published Sep 2, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-24654
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.
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Affected products
17cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- KDE/Arkdescription
- osv-coords5 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/ark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/ark&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/ark&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/ark&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/ark&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP2
< 20.04.2-bp152.2.6.1+ 4 more
- (no CPE)range: < 20.04.2-bp152.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.04.2-bp152.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 21.08.1-1.2
- (no CPE)range: < 20.04.2-bp152.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 20.04.2-bp152.2.6.1
Patches
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References
11- github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bdnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txtnvdVendor Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-06nvdThird Party Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-06nvdThird Party Advisory
- usn.ubuntu.com/4482-1/nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759nvdThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LXMMXNJDYOCJRZTESIUGHG6CS4RJKECX/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJOZ6YRNPZX5MJGVBMOCOA7N6Z4EU2OK/nvd
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