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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="202010-06">
+ <title>Ark: Arbitrary code execution</title>
+ <synopsis>Ark was found to allow arbitrary file overwrite, possibly allowing
+ arbitrary code execution.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">ark</product>
+ <announced>2020-10-20</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2020-10-20</revised>
+ <bug>743959</bug>
+ <access>local, remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="kde-apps/ark" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">20.04.3-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">20.04.3-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Ark is a graphical file compression/decompression utility with support
+ for multiple formats.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>It was discovered that Ark incorrectly handled symbolic links in tar
+ archive files.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
+ archive using Ark, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
+ the privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All KDE Ark users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-apps/ark-20.04.3-r2"
+ </code>
+
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24654">CVE-2020-24654</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-02T23:33:15Z">sam_c</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-10-20T10:45:10Z">whissi</metadata>
+</glsa>