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