Information disclosure in plasma-workspace - CVE-2018-6790
Published: February 7, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37559
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-6790
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
plasma-workspace
plasma-workspace
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-6790
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c
- https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938
- https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188
- https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php