CVE-2018-6790
published 2018-02-07CVE-2018-6790: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP…
PriorityP428medium5.3CVSS 3.0
AVNACLPRNUINSUCLINAN
EPSS
2.09%
79.7th percentile
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | plasma-workspace | < plasma-workspace 4:5.12.0-2 (bookworm) | plasma-workspace 4:5.12.0-2 (bookworm) |
| kde | plasma-workspace | < 5.12.0 | 5.12.0 |
| kde | plasma-workspace | >= 0 < 4:5.12.0-2 | 4:5.12.0-2 |
| kde | plasma-workspace | >= 0 < 4:5.12.0-2 | 4:5.12.0-2 |
| kde | plasma-workspace | >= 0 < 4:5.12.0-2 | 4:5.12.0-2 |
| kde | plasma-workspace | >= 0 < 4:5.12.0-2 | 4:5.12.0-2 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.05.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
osv5.3MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.3MEDIUM
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GHSA
GHSA-q5wj-8g6x-hgg2: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-14
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CWE-200 GHSA-q5wj-8g6x-hgg2: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
OSV
CVE-2018-6790: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5
osv·2018-02-07·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-6790: An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
Red Hat
kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
vendor_redhat·2018-02-08·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
Package: kdebase-workspace (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2018-6790: plasma-workspace - An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notif...
vendor_debian·2018·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-6790: plasma-workspace - An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notif...
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 4:5.12.0-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 4:5.12.0-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 4:5.12.0-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 4:5.12.0-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 4:5.12.0-2)
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6790 CVE-2018-6791 plasma-workspace: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-08·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-6790 CVE-2018-6791 plasma-workspace: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-6790 CVE-2018-6791 plasma-workspace: various flaws [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of F
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2018-02-08·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element [fedora-all]
CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
N
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
bugzilla·2018-02-08·CVSS 5.3
CVE-2018-6790 [MEDIUM] CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element
An issue was discovered in KDE Plasma Workspace before 5.12.0. dataengines/notifications/notificationsengine.cpp allows remote attackers to discover client IP addresses via a URL in a notification, as demonstrated by the src attribute of an IMG element.
External References:
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20180208-1.txt
Discussion:
Created kde-workspace tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1543470]
Created plasma-workspace tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1543471]
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*** Bug 1542676 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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Upstream commit:
https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?h=Plasma/5.
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107chttps://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.phphttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2141https://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=5bc696b5abcdb460c1017592e80b2d7f6ed3107chttps://cgit.kde.org/plasma-workspace.git/commit/?id=8164beac15ea34ec0d1564f0557fe3e742bdd938https://phabricator.kde.org/D10188https://www.kde.org/announcements/plasma-5.11.5-5.12.0-changelog.php
2018-02-07
Published