CVE-2020-16116 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2020-16116?

CVE-2020-16116 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 3 Aug 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

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.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16116?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Kde Ark, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-16116?

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-2020-16116 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16116 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• 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 CLEANSTART-2024-IG56715, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16116, DSA-4738-1, GHSA-2q6p-c398-62rm, MGASA-2020-0323, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16116 and 3 more.