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Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2020 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2020-16116

Low 3.3

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in the ark package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 77% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)3.3Low
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In kerfuffle/jobs.cpp in KDE Ark before 20.08.0, a crafted archive can install files outside the extraction directory via ../ directory traversal.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine:v3.20ark20.04.3-r1ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116
Alpine:v3.21ark20.04.3-r1ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116
Alpine:v3.22ark20.04.3-r1ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116
Alpine:v3.23ark20.04.3-r1ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116
Alpine:v3.24ark20.04.3-r1ALPINE-CVE-2020-16116
Debian:12ark4:20.04.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16116
Debian:13ark4:20.04.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16116
Debian:14ark4:20.04.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16116

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

References