Mageia 6 MGASA-2019-0083 Critical: KAuth DBus Image Handling Issue
mageia
February 14, 2019
KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus
Summary
KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus. Certain types can cause crashes and trigger decoding arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. References:
References
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24334
- https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190209-1.txt
Topics Covered
Resolution
SRPMS
- 6/core/kauth-5.42.0-1.1.mga6
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Publication date: 14 Feb 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0083.html
Type: security
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