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Mageia 7: MGASA-2020-0145 Critical: Okular Local Binary Execution

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Calendar Grey March 18, 2020
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Revised Okular distributions address a vulnerability related to local binary execution via specially crafted PDF documents requiring only slight user interaction.
Updated okular packages fix security vulnerability: Okular can be tricked into executing local binaries via specially crafted PDF files

Summary

Updated okular packages fix security vulnerability:
Okular can be tricked into executing local binaries via specially crafted PDF files. This binary execution can require almost no user interaction. No parameters can be passed to those local binaries (CVE-2020-9359).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26342

- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20200312-1.txt

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-9359

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue package update execution risk okular Mageia

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/okular-19.04.0-1.1.mga7

Severity
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Publication date: 18 Mar 2020
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2020-0145.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-9359

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue package update execution risk okular Mageia

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