CVE-2011-1586

Medium

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the KGetMetalink::File::isValidNameAttr function in ui/metalinkcreator/metalinker.cpp in KGet in KDE SC 4.6.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the name attribute of a file element in a metalink file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductKde Sc
PublishedApr 27, 2011
First seenApr 27, 2011

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
kde kde_scv ≤ 4.6.2, 2.2.0, 3.5.10, 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.1.0, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.1.80, 4.1.85, 4.1.96, 4.2, 4.2.0, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, 4.2.3, 4.2.4, 4.3.0, 4.3.1, 4.3.2, 4.3.3, 4.3.4, 4.3.5, 4.4.0, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3, 4.4.4, 4.4.5, 4.5.0, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4, 4.5.5, 4.6, 4.6.0, 4.6.1—

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