GLSA 201811-08: Okular: Directory traversal
| Severity: | normal |
| Title: | Okular: Directory traversal |
| Date: | 11/10/2018 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 201811-08 |
Synopsis
Okular is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.Background
Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF for KDE 4.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| kde-apps/okular | < 18.04.3-r1 | >= 18.04.3-r1 | All supported architectures |
Description
It was discovered that Okular contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in function unpackDocumentArchive() in core/document.cpp.
Impact
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.
Resolution
All Okular users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-apps/okular-18.04.3-r1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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