Information disclosure in kio-extras - CVE-2018-19120
Published: November 14, 2018 / Updated: November 15, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU15907
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-19120
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when the HTML Thumbnailer plug-in creates a thumbnail for HTML files. A remote attacker can access sensitive information, such as the IP address of a targeted system.
Affected software
kio-extras
Fedora
kio-extras
Fedora
kio-extras
How to mitigate CVE-2018-19120
Update to version 18.08.2.
kio-extras - update to 18.08.2
kio-extras - addressed in versions 17.12.3-1.fc27.1, 18.08.3-1.fc28, 18.08.3-1.fc29
kio-extras - addressed in versions 17.12.3-1.fc27.1, 18.08.3-1.fc28, 18.08.3-1.fc29