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kdenetwork: incomplete fix for CVE-2010-1000

Published Apr 27, 2011

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.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Apr 27, 2011
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 5, 2011
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Apr 11, 2011