CVE-2018-6790
Published: 7 February 2018
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| seth-arnold | Changes run-time behaviour of notifications in a way that is likely to cause regression bugs. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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kde-workspace Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Does not exist
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| trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was ignored [too intrusive])
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| upstream |
Needs triage
|
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| xenial |
Does not exist
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plasma-workspace Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Ignored
(too intrusive)
|
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Patches: upstream: https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107c upstream: https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938 |
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Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.3 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |