Directory Traversal Affecting poppler-demos package, versions <0:0.26.5-20.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-POPPLERDEMOS-2123762
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed13 Jul 2018

Introduced: 13 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 poppler-demos to version 0:0.26.5-20.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream poppler-demos package and not the poppler-demos package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.