Debian DSA-4494-1 : kconfig - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 127490

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Dominik Penner discovered that KConfig, the KDE configuration settings framework, supported a feature to define shell command execution in .desktop files. If a user is provided with a malformed .desktop file (e.g. if it's embedded into a downloaded archive and it gets opened in a file browser) arbitrary commands could get executed. This update removes this feature.

Solution

Upgrade the kconfig packages.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 5.28.0-2+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.54.0-1+deb10u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127490

File Name: debian_DSA-4494.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 5/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14744

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kconfig, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14744

DSA: 4494

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