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Debian dsa-5945 : konsole - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 240218

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5945 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5945-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff June 20, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : konsole CVE ID : CVE-2025-49091

 Dennis Dast discovered that the Konsole terminal emulator insecurely handled the telnet URI scheme, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code in some configurations.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 4:22.12.3-1+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your konsole packages.

 For the detailed security status of konsole please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/konsole

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

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 konsole packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/konsole

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-49091

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/konsole

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 240218

File Name: debian_DSA-5945.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/20/2025

Updated: 6/20/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-49091

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:konsole-kpart, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:konsole

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/20/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-49091