CentOS 7 : kde-settings / kdelibs (CESA-2019:2606)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129021

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for kdelibs and kde-setting is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment.

Security Fix(es) :

* kdelibs: malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction (CVE-2019-14744)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es) :

* kde.csh profile file contains bourne-shell code (BZ#1740042)

Solution

Update the affected kde-settings and / or kdelibs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129021

File Name: centos_RHSA-2019-2606.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2019

Updated: 12/31/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kde-settings, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kde-settings-ksplash, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kde-settings-minimal, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kde-settings-plasma, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kde-settings-pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdelibs-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdelibs-common, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdelibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:kdelibs-ktexteditor, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:qt-settings, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14744

RHSA: 2019:2606

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