openSUSE 2020:0158-1 Important: Kauth Special Permissions Vulnerability
opensuse
February 26, 2019
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description
This update for kauth fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2019-7443: Fixed an insecure handling of arguments in helpers by
removing the support of passing gui variants (bsc#1124863).
This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.0:Update update project.
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-247=1
Package List
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64):
kauth-devel-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1
libKF5Auth5-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (aarch64_ilp32):
kauth-devel-64bit-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1
libKF5Auth5-64bit-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1
- openSUSE Backports SLE-15 (noarch):
libKF5Auth5-lang-5.45.0-bp150.3.6.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-7443.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1124863
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:0247-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15
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