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Slackware Linux 15.0 plasma-workspace Vulnerability (SSA:2024-240-02)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206246

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to plasma-workspace.

Description

The version of plasma-workspace installed on the remote host is prior to 5.23.5. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2024-240-02 advisory.

 New plasma-workspace packages are available for Slackware 15.0 to fix a security issue.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the plasma-workspace 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

Upgrade the affected plasma-workspace package.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?26deb703

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206246

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2024-240-02.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 8/28/2024

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:plasma-workspace, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-36041