Debian DLA-2856-1 : okular - LTS security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 156322

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2856 advisory.

- KDE Okular before 1.10.0 allows code execution via an action link in a PDF document. (CVE-2020-9359)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the okular packages.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 4

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 156322

File Name: debian_DLA-2856.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/27/2021

Updated: 12/27/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libokularcore7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:okular, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:okular-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:okular-extra-backends, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9359

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