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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS USN-3286-1 Moderate KDE-Libs Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2017
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
KDE-Libs on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS may permit a local adversary to obtain elevated privileges via specially crafted input. It is advisable to apply updates.
KDE-Libs could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input.

Summary

KDE-Libs could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received

specially crafted input.

Software Description:

- kde4libs: KDE 4 core applications and libraries

Details:

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the KDE-Libs Kauth component incorrectly

checked services invoking D-Bus. A local attacker could use this issue to

gain root privileges.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update privilege escalation Ubuntu local attack KDE-Libs

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  kdelibs5-plugins                4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make
all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3286-1

CVE-2017-8422

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May 15, 2017

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update privilege escalation Ubuntu local attack KDE-Libs

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/kde4libs/4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

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