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GLSA-202101-16 : KDE Connect: Denial of service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145296

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-16 (KDE Connect: Denial of service)

 Multiple issues causing excessive resource consumption were found in KDE Connect.
 Impact :

 An attacker could cause a possible Denial of Service condition.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All KDE Connect users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=kde-misc/kdeconnect-20.04.3-r1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-16

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145296

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202101-16.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-26164

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:kdeconnect, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26164

GLSA: 202101-16