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GLSA-201803-09 : KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108435

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201803-09 (KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 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.

Solution

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

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108435

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201803-09.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Published: 3/19/2018

Updated: 6/7/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:plasma-workspace, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6790, CVE-2018-6791

GLSA: 201803-09