CVE-2016-6232 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6232?

CVE-2016-6232 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 2 Aug 2016. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6232?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Kde Karchives.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6232?

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-2016-6232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6232, DLA-570-1, DSA-3643-1, GHSA-5r9j-pp34-8hph, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6232, USN-3042-1 and 2 more.