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openSUSE: 2018:2733-2 Moderate: Okular Directory Traversal Threat

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.. openSUSE Security Update: Security update for okular ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:2733-2 Rating: moderate References: #1107591 Cross-References: CVE-2018-1000801 Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: This update for okular fixes the following security issue: - CVE-2018-1000801: Prevent directory traversal vulnerability in function unpackDocumentArchive could have resulted in arbitrary file creation via a specially crafted Okular archive (bsc#1107591). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-1006=1 Package List: - openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64): okular-17.12.3-bp150.3.3.1 okular-debuginfo-17.12.3-bp150.3.3.1 okular-debugsource-17.12.3-bp150.3.3.1 okular-devel-17.12.3-bp150.3.3.1 - openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (noarch): okular-lang-17.12.3-bp150.3.3.1 References: https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000801.html https://bugzilla.suse.com/1107591 -- . Resolves path traversal vulnerability in Okular with a moderate impact level for the openSUSE Backports.. Okular Update, openSUSE Security Advisory, Fix Directory Traversal. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

Sep 22, 2018 OpenSUSE