plasma-workspace vulnerability
Fabian Vogt discovered that Plasma Workspace did not properly authenticate local clients connecting to the session manager. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code as another user.
USN-8829-1
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: osv:USN-8829-1
plasma-workspace
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 4:5.4.2-0ubuntu1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions4:5.4.3-0ubuntu1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions4:5.5.4-0ubuntu1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- 4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1
Source reference:
/affected/0/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "plasma-workspace",
"purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/plasma-workspace?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial",
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
},
"versions": [
"4:5.4.2-0ubuntu1",
"4:5.4.3-0ubuntu1",
"4:5.5.4-0ubuntu1",
"4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1",
"4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1"
],
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-8829-1.json",
"cves_map": {
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2024-36041",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
},
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}
},
"ecosystem_specific": {
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "libkworkspace5-5",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libplasma-geolocation-interface5",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libtaskmanager5",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "libweather-ion7",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "plasma-workspace",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "plasma-workspace-wayland",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "sddm-theme-breeze",
"binary_version": "4:5.5.5.2-0ubuntu1.1+esm1"
}
],
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
- Event
- #23747 · Revision 1
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