UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6232

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6232

    Published: 18 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-6232

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6232, https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/128185/, http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q3/78, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160724-1.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3042-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4100-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6232

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde4libs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High