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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-6790: KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2018-6790: KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
02/06/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/19/2018
Modified
08/08/2019

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-plasma-plasma-workspace

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