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Debian DSA-3004-1 Critical: kde4libs Privilege Escalation Fix

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Calendar Grey August 11, 2014
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The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3451-1 addresses the vulnerability in libgtk3 to mitigate potential remote code execution threats.
Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Kauth used Policykit insecurely by relying on the process ID
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Summary

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Kauth used Policykit insecurely by
relying on the process ID. This could result in privilege escalation.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4:4.13.3-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 4:4.13.3-2.

We recommend that you upgrade your kde4libs packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: kde4libs
CVE ID: CVE-2014-5033

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