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Debian 9: DLA-3015-1 Moderate: Ark Path Handling Issues Resolution

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2022
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Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3016-1 resolves security vulnerabilities in Raptor by enhancing authentication processes to increase overall safety.
Fabian Vogt and Dominik Penner discovered that the Ark archive manager did not sanitize extraction paths, which could result in maliciously crafted archives with symlinks writing o...
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Summary

For the detailed security status of ark please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/ark

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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-------------------------------------------------------------------------Package: ark
Version: 4:16.08.3-2+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2020-16116 CVE-2020-24654
Debian Bug: 969437

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