<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201803-09"> <title>KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities</title> <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in KDE Plasma Workspaces, the worst of which allows local attackers to execute arbitrary commands. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">plasma-workspace</product> <announced>2018-03-19</announced> <revised count="1">2018-03-19</revised> <bug>647106</bug> <access>local, remote</access> <affected> <package name="kde-plasma/plasma-workspace" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">5.11.5-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">5.11.5-r1</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>KDE Plasma workspace is a widget based desktop environment designed to be fast and efficient. </p> </background> <description> <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in KDE Plasma Workspaces. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>An attacker could execute arbitrary commands via specially crafted thumb drive’s volume labels or obtain sensitive information via specially crafted notifications. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>Users should mount removable devices with Dolphin instead of the device notifier. </p> <p>Users should disable notifications.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All KDE Plasma Workspace users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-plasma/plasma-workspace-5.11.5-r1" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6790">CVE-2018-6790</uri> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6791">CVE-2018-6791</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2018-02-18T16:21:26Z">chrisadr</metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-03-19T01:13:47Z">chrisadr</metadata> </glsa>