Information Exposure Affecting kdelibs-ktexteditor package, versions <6:4.14.8-10.el7


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.09% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-KDELIBSKTEXTEDITOR-2539094
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-6790  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 kdelibs-ktexteditor to version 6:4.14.8-10.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2019-2141.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kdelibs-ktexteditor package and not the kdelibs-ktexteditor package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.