In KDE Ark before 20.08.1, a crafted TAR archive with symlinks can install files outside the extraction directory, as demonstrated by a write operation to a user’s home directory.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-24654
Reference (s):
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175857
- https://github.com/KDE/ark/commit/8bf8c5ef07b0ac5e914d752681e470dea403a5bd
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200827-1.txt
- DEBIAN:DSA-4759
- URL: https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4759