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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3643-1 (kde4libs - security update)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Debian Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

2 years ago

Summary

Andreas Cord-Landwehr discovered that kde4libs, the core libraries for all KDE 4 applications, do not properly handle the extraction of archives with '../' in the file paths. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to overwrite files outside of the extraction folder, if a user is tricked into extracting a specially crafted archive.

Affected Software

Affected Software

kde4libs on Debian Linux

Detection Method

Detection Method

This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.

Solution

Solution

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.14.2-5+deb8u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.14.22-2. We recommend that you upgrade your kde4libs packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)