A vulnerability has been found in KTextEditor where local code can be executed without user interaction.
Package | kde-frameworks/ktexteditor on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 5.90.0-r2 |
Unaffected versions | >= 5.90.0-r2 |
Framework providing a full text editor component for KDE.
A vulnerability has been discovered in KTextEditor. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
KTextEditor executes binaries without user interaction in a few cases, e.g. KTextEditor will try to check on external file modification via invoking the "git" binary if the file is known in the repository with the new content.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All KTextEditor users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-frameworks/ktexteditor-5.90.0-r2"
Release date
January 15, 2024
Latest revision
January 15, 2024: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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