🛡️ CVE-2023-49343 on Debian — budgie-extras

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Temporary data passed between application components by Budgie Extras Dropby applet could potentially be viewed or manipulated. The data is stored in a location that is accessible to any user who has local access to the system. Attackers may pre-create and control this file to present false information to users or deny access to the application and panel.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2023-49343 as tracked by Debian, for the package budgie-extras. The fix is available in version 1.7.1-1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49343 is classified as CWE-337: Predictable Seed in Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG). A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) is initialized from a predictable seed, such as the process ID or system time.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49343 is recorded against 1 package.

  • budgie-extras (fixed in 1.7.1-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 December 2023 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2023-49343 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2023-12-14
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
budgie-extras — 1.7.1-1

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