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OS Command Injection Affecting plasma-workspace package, versions <4:5.12.0-2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    EPSS
    0.17% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-PLASMAWORKSPACE-526939
  • published 7 Feb 2018
  • disclosed 7 Feb 2018
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Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6791 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-78 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 plasma-workspace to version 4:5.12.0-2 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.

An issue was discovered in soliduiserver/deviceserviceaction.cpp in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. When a vfat thumbdrive that contains `` or $() in its volume label is plugged in and mounted through the device notifier, it's interpreted as a shell command, leading to a possibility of arbitrary command execution. An example of an offending volume label is "$(touch b)" -- this will create a file called b in the home folder.