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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020:4024-01 Moderate: Okular Risk

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Calendar Grey September 29, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A new security patch for Okular on Red Hat Enterprise Linux tackles moderate threats stemming from specially crafted PDF documents. Discover additional details!
An update for okular is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Okular is a universal document viewer developed by KDE supporting different kinds of documents, like PDF, Postscript, DjVu, CHM, XPS, ePub and others.
Security Fix(es):
* okular: local binary execution via specially crafted PDF files (CVE-2020-9359)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux local execution okular binary execution

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-9359 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.9_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-libs-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-libs-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-part-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-devel-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-devel-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.src.rpm
ppc64le: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm okular-devel-4.10.5-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm okular-libs-4.10.5-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm okular-part-4.10.5-9.el7.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-devel-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-devel-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-libs-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-libs-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-part-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: okular-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.i686.rpm okular-debuginfo-4.10.5-9.el7.x86_64.rpm

Read the Full Advisory


Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:4024-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:4024
Issue date: 2020-09-29

Topic

An update for okular is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate security fix Red Hat Enterprise Linux local execution okular binary execution

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64le, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1815651 - CVE-2020-9359 okular: local binary execution via specially crafted PDF files

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