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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.844538
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-4461-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'ark' package(s) announced via the USN-4461-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'ark' package(s) announced via the USN-4461-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Dominik Penner discovered that Ark did not properly sanitize zip archive
files before performing extraction. An attacker could use this to construct
a malicious zip archive that, when opened, would create files outside the
extraction directory.

Affected Software/OS:
'ark' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2020-16116
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PYRKQKUVU45ANH5TFYCYZN6HVP34N3UL/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PMVXSQNCBILVSJLX32ODNU6KUY2X7HRM/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-03
https://github.com/KDE/ark/commits/master
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/05/msg00026.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:1183 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00023.html
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4461-1/
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