kde-workspace up to 4.10.4 Plasma Desktop crypt denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in kde-workspace up to 4.10.4. This issue affects the function crypt of the component Plasma Desktop. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2013-4133. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in kde-workspace up to 4.10.4. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function crypt of the component Plasma Desktop. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

kde-workspace before 4.10.5 has a memory leak in plasma desktop

The bug was discovered 07/17/2013. The weakness was presented 12/10/2019 by Sander Lepik. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-4133 since 06/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 8 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 75103 (openSUSE Security Update : kdebase4-workspace (openSUSE-SU-2013:1291-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 166381 (OpenSuSE Security Update for kdebase4-workspace (openSUSE-SU-2013:1291-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.10.5 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (75103), SecurityFocus (BID 61201†) and OSVDB (95608†). See VDB-9674 for similar entry. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 75103
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : kdebase4-workspace (openSUSE-SU-2013:1291-1)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: kde-workspace 4.10.5

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02/11/2013 🔍
06/12/2013 +121 days 🔍
07/17/2013 +35 days 🔍
07/25/2013 +8 days 🔍
06/13/2014 +323 days 🔍
12/10/2019 +2006 days 🔍
12/11/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2024 +1841 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: lists.opensuse.org
Researcher: Sander Lepik
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-4133 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-4133
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-146843

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X-Force: 85797
SecurityFocus: 61201 - KDE Sc 'plasma-desktop' CVE-2013-4133 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 95608

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/11/2019 08:09
Updated: 12/25/2024 20:15
Changes: 12/11/2019 08:09 (44), 12/11/2019 08:14 (28), 03/09/2024 11:21 (5), 12/25/2024 20:15 (21)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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