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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704303
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4303-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'okular' package(s) announced via the DSA-4303-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'okular' package(s) announced via the DSA-4303-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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 the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 4:16.08.2-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your okular packages.

For the detailed security status of okular please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'okular' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2018-1000801
Debian Security Information: DSA-4303 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4303
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-08
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00027.html
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