Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1516-1 okular -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 23 Sep 2018
- Affected Packages:
- okular
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-1000801.
- More information:
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Joran Herve discovered that the Okular document viewer was susceptible to directory traversal via malformed .okular files (annotated document archives), which could result in the creation of arbitrary files.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your okular packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS