CVE-2024-36041: KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace (aka plasma-workspace) before 5.27.11.1 and 6.x before 6.0.5.1 allows connections via ICE based purely on the host, i.e., all…

PriorityP344high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.29%

21.6th percentile

KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace (aka plasma-workspace) before 5.27.11.1 and 6.x before 6.0.5.1 allows connections via ICE based purely on the host, i.e., all local connections are accepted. This allows another user on the same machine to gain access to the session manager, e.g., use the session-restore feature to execute arbitrary code as the victim (on the next boot) via earlier use of the /tmp directory.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	plasma-workspace	< plasma-workspace 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2 (bookworm)	plasma-workspace 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2 (bookworm)
kde	plasma-workspace	< 5.27.11.1	5.27.11.1
kde	plasma-workspace	>= 0 < 4:5.20.5-6+deb11u1	4:5.20.5-6+deb11u1
kde	plasma-workspace	>= 0 < 4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2	4:5.27.5-2+deb12u2
kde	plasma-workspace	>= 0 < 4:5.27.11.1-1	4:5.27.11.1-1
kde	plasma-workspace	>= 0 < 4:5.27.11.1-1	4:5.27.11.1-1
kde	plasma-workspace	>= 6.0.0.0 < 6.0.5.1	6.0.5.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

osv7.8HIGH

vendor_debian7.8HIGH

vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM

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