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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000801: Moderate: okular security update (CESA-2020:1173)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2018-1000801: Moderate: okular security update (CESA-2020:1173)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/06/2018
Created
04/02/2020
Added
04/01/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

okular version 18.08 and earlier contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function "unpackDocumentArchive(...)" in "core/document.cpp" that can result in Arbitrary file creation on the user workstation. This attack appear to be exploitable via he victim must open a specially crafted Okular archive. This issue appears to have been corrected in version 18.08.1

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-okular
  • centos-upgrade-okular-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-okular-devel
  • centos-upgrade-okular-libs
  • centos-upgrade-okular-part

References

  • DSA-4303
  • CVE-2018-1000801

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