CVE-2017-8422
First published: Wed May 10 2017(Updated: )
KAuth contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus is not properly checked. This allows spoofing the identity of the caller and with some carefully crafted calls can lead to gaining root from an unprivileged account. Affected versions: kauth < 5.34, kdelibs < 4.14.32 Upstream patches: kauth: <a href="https://commits.kde.org/kauth/df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a">https://commits.kde.org/kauth/df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a</a> kdelibs: <a href="https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab">https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab</a> External References: <a href="https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt">https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt</a> <a href="http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/240">http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/240</a>
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| redhat/kdelibs | <4.14.32 | 4.14.32 |
| redhat/kauth | <5.34 | 5.34 |
| KDE KAuth | <=5.33 | |
| KDE kdelibs | <=4.14.31 |
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Reference Links
- https://commits.kde.org/kauth/df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
- https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
- https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/240
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449649
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449651
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449650
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449648
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449652
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449650#c3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449650#c2
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647#c3
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1449647
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
- https://cgit.kde.org/kauth.git/commit/?id=df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a
- https://cgit.kde.org/kdelibs.git/commit/?id=264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/
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