Information Exposure Affecting kde/plasma-desktop package, versions [,5.12.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.09% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-KDEPLASMADESKTOP-2365560
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed7 Feb 2018
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 7 Feb 2018

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

How to fix?

Upgrade kde/plasma-desktop to version 5.12.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. 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.

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