Gentoo: GLSA-201811-08 Normal Severity: Okular Directory Traversal Issue
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November 10, 2018
Okular is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.
Summary
It was discovered that Okular contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function unpackDocumentArchive() in core/document.cpp.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Okular users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-apps/okular-18.04.3-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2018-1000801 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000801
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Okular: Directory traversal
Date: November 10, 2018
Bugs: #665662
ID: 201811-08
Topics Covered
Background
Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 kde-apps/okular < 18.04.3-r1 >= 18.04.3-r1
Impact
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
Okular archive, possibly allowing the writing of arbitrary files with
the privileges of the process.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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