SUSE: 2017:1335-1 Critical: Kdelibs4 Privilege Escalation
suse
May 18, 2017
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for kdelibs4 fixes the following issues: - CVE-2017-8422: This update fixes problem in the DBUS authentication of the kauth framework that could be used to escalate privileges depending on bugs or misimplemented dbus services. (boo#1036244) Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-805=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-805=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-805=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-805=1
Topics Covered
References
#1036244
Cross- CVE-2017-8422
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-8422.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1036244
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2017:1335-1
Rating: important
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