Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-36041: KDE Plasma Workspaces: Privilege Escalation

Gentoo Linux: CVE-2024-36041: KDE Plasma Workspaces: Privilege Escalation

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

07/05/2024

Created

07/09/2024

Added

07/09/2024

Modified

01/28/2025

Description

KSmserver in KDE Plasma Workspace (aka plasma-workspace) before 5.27.11.1 and 6.x before 6.0.5.1 allows connections via ICE based purely on the host, i.e., all local connections are accepted. This allows another user on the same machine to gain access to the session manager, e.g., use the session-restore feature to execute arbitrary code as the victim (on the next boot) via earlier use of the /tmp directory.

Solution(s)

• gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-plasma-plasma-workspace

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-36041
• CVE - 2024-36041
• 202407-20