Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities
Informations
Name GLSA-201803-09 First vendor Publication 2018-03-19
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2018-03-19
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in KDE Plasma Workspaces, the worst of which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands.

Background

KDE Plasma workspace is a widget based desktop environment designed to be fast and efficient.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Plasma Workspaces.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

An attacker could execute arbitrary commands via specially crafted thumb drive's volume labels or obtain sensitive information via specially crafted notifications.

Workaround

Users should mount removable devices with Dolphin instead of the device notifier.

Users should disable notifications.

Resolution

All KDE Plasma Workspace users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot -v ">=kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.11.5-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2018-6790 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6790
[ 2 ] CVE-2018-6791 : https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6791

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201803-09

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201803-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
50 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
50 % CWE-78 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-03-19 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201803-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-21 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-337757e11f.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-4116.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-02-13 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-fa58e0c507.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2018-03-19 05:17:28
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