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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS : Plasma Workspace vulnerability (USN-6843-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 201044

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 / 24.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6843-1 advisory.

 Fabian Vogt discovered that Plasma Workspace incorrectly handled connections via ICE. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to gain access to another user's session manager and execute arbitrary code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6843-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 201044

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6843-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/26/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-36041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:sddm-theme-breeze, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:plasma-workspace-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:plasma-workspace-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:plasma-workspace-wayland, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:plasma-workspace, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcolorcorrect5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libtaskmanager6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkworkspace5-5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplasma-geolocation-interface5, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkfontinstui5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libweather-ion7, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnotificationmanager1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkfontinst5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36041

USN: 6843-1