glsa-202007-47.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="202007-47">
  <title>Okular: Local restricted command execution</title>
  <synopsis>A logic error in Okular might allow an attacker to execute
    arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">okular</product>
  <announced>2020-07-27</announced>
  <revised count="1">2020-07-27</revised>
  <bug>712490</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="kde-apps/okular" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">19.12.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">19.12.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>Okular is a universal document viewer based on KPDF.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>A logic error was discovered in Okular, which results in trusting action
      links within a PDF, possibly allowing execution of a binary.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PDF
      using Okular, possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with the
      privileges of the process or a Denial of Service condition.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>Avoid opening PDFs from an untrusted source.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All Okular users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-apps/okular-19.12.3-r1"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9359">CVE-2020-9359</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-06-13T16:20:40Z">sam_c</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-07-27T00:59:53Z">sam_c</metadata>
</glsa>