CVE-2011-2725

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-07-25
Bugzilla:
725764: CVE-2011-2725 kdeutils: Ark path traversal

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Directory traversal vulnerability in Ark 4.7.x and earlier allows remote attackers to delete and force the display of arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences in a zip file.

Find out more about CVE-2011-2725 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 5.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdeutils Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdeutils Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 kdeutils Will not fix

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