CVE-2018-6790

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2018-02-08
CWE:
CWE-20->CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1543454: CVE-2018-6790 kde-workspace: Missing sanitization of notifications allows to leak client IP address via IMG element

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2018-6790 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 4.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kde-workspace Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdebase-workspace Not affected

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