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Fedora: FEDORA-201406-15 Important: KDirStat Security Flaw Exploit

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2014
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Regional adversaries could leverage the KDirStat vulnerability to execute commands without authorization. Ensure you update to bolster your system's defenses.
A vulnerability in KDirStat could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands.

Summary

Missing escape of executable shell command in KDirStat can be used to insert malicious shell commands.

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Topics Covered

security advisory update gentoo command execution arbitrary execution normal severity KDirStat

Resolution

All KDirStat users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-misc/kdirstat-2.7.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2527 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2527

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-15
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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Severity: Normal
Title: KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution
Date: June 15, 2014
Bugs: #504994
ID: 201406-15

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security advisory update gentoo command execution arbitrary execution normal severity KDirStat

Synopsis

A vulnerability in KDirStat could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands.

Background

KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility for KDE.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-misc/kdirstat < 2.7.5 >= 2.7.5

Impact

===== A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell command with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.