# CVE-2023-49344: Information disclosure in Budgie Extras

> Local attackers can view or manipulate temporary data in Budgie Extras Window Shuffler, potentially exposing information or causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 14 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2023-49344, GHSA-rhwf-6fc9-9jvm, UBUNTU-CVE-2023-49344

## What is CVE-2023-49344?

CVE-2023-49344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu Budgie Budgie Extras, published on 14 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Temporary data passed between application components by Budgie Extras Window Shuffler 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.

Weakness: CWE-668 (Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere), CWE-377 (DEPRECATED: Insecure Temporary File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-49344?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ubuntubudgie Budgie Extras.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-49344?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2023-49344 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ubuntu Budgie Budgie Extras

- [CVE-2023-49342](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49342/): Information disclosure in Budgie Extras (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2023-49343](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49343/): Information disclosure in Budgie Extras (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2023-49345](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49345/): Information disclosure in Budgie Extras (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2023-49346](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49346/): Information disclosure in Budgie Extras (medium 6.0)
- [CVE-2023-49347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49347/): Information disclosure in Budgie Extras (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-49344 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-49344 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ubuntu Budgie Budgie Extras, published on 14 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-49344 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ubuntu Budgie Budgie Extras. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49344/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49344/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-49344
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49344
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-49344

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49344/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.