Security Features Affecting plasma-workspace package, versions <4:5.4.3-2
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-PLASMAWORKSPACE-519694
- published23 Dec 2016
- disclosed23 Dec 2016
Introduced: 23 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-2312 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:11 plasma-workspace to version 4:5.4.3-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream plasma-workspace package and not the plasma-workspace package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.
Turning all screens off in Plasma-workspace and kscreenlocker while the lock screen is shown can result in the screen being unlocked when turning a screen on again.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2312
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20160209-1.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177454.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177557.html
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358125
- https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=964548
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-2312