CVE-2004-0689 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2004-0689?

CVE-2004-0689 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Aug 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

KDE before 3.3.0 does not properly handle when certain symbolic links point to "stale" locations, which could allow local users to create or truncate arbitrary files.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2004-0689?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Kde Kde.

How do I fix CVE-2004-0689?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2004-0689 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2004-0689 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-539, GHSA-pqvf-h958-3qmw.