MGASA-2018-0389

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    MGASA-2018-0389

    Published: 21 Sept 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated okular packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: 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 (CVE-2018-1000801).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0389.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23562, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/YYAUHZUZOJFM57K33S2TT4PJT33WY7W3/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: okular

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/okular?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -17.12.2-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High