RHEL 7 : kde-workspace (RHSA-2019:2141)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 127682

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for kde-workspace.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:2141 advisory.

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment.

The kde-workspace packages consist of components providing the KDE graphical desktop environment.

Security Fix(es):

* kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element (CVE-2018-6790)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL kde-workspace package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:2141.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 127682

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-2141.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 11/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6790

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-workspace-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kwin-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kwin-gles, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kmag, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ksysguardd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:plasma-scriptengine-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-ktexteditor, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:plasma-scriptengine-ruby, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kmenuedit, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-settings, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-style-oxygen, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-settings-pulseaudio, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:oxygen-cursor-themes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kgreeter-plugins, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-workspace-ksplash-themes, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kwin-gles-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-settings-plasma, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virtuoso-opensource-utils, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kwin, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:khotkeys, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kcm_colors, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ksysguard, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-settings-ksplash, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libkworkspace, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:qt-settings, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdeclassic-cursor-theme, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:khotkeys-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-settings-minimal, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kinfocenter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:virtuoso-opensource, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ksysguard-libs, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kdelibs-common, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-workspace-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:kde-workspace

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6790

CWE: 200

RHSA: 2019:2141

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