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[ GLSA 201803-09 ] KDE Plasma Workspaces: Multiple vulnerabilities

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+<?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
+      "&gt;=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>