=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2402-1
November 11, 2014
kde-workspace vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Summary:
KDE workspace could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.
Software Description:
- kde-workspace: KDE Plasma Workspace components
Details:
David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not
properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a
process running under the user's session could exploit this to run
programs as the administrator.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
kde-workspace-bin 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2402-1
CVE-2014-8651
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde-workspace/4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4