openSUSE 42.3: 2018:0397-1 Important: Plasma5-Workspace Fix
opensuse
February 8, 2018
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available.
Description
This update for plasma5-workspace fixes security issues and bugs.
The following vulnerabilities were fixed:
- CVE-2018-6790: Desktop notifications could have been used to load
arbitrary remote images into Plasma, allowing for client IP discovery
(boo#1079429)
- CVE-2018-6791: A specially crafted file system label may have allowed
execution of arbitrary code (boo#1079751)
The following bugs were fixed:
- Plasma could freeze with certain notifications (boo#1013550)
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-147=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (x86_64):
drkonqi5-5.8.7-11.1
drkonqi5-debuginfo-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-debuginfo-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-debugsource-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-devel-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-libs-5.8.7-11.1
plasma5-workspace-libs-debuginfo-5.8.7-11.1
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):
plasma5-workspace-lang-5.8.7-11.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6790.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6791.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1013550
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079429
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1079751
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:0397-1
Rating: important
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 42.3
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