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FreeBSD: VID-41FE4724-06A2-11E7-8E3E-5453ED2E2B49 (CVE-2016-7787): kde-runtime -- kdesu: displayed command truncated by unicode string terminator

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FreeBSD: VID-41FE4724-06A2-11E7-8E3E-5453ED2E2B49 (CVE-2016-7787): kde-runtime -- kdesu: displayed command truncated by unicode string terminator

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
09/30/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/12/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

A maliciously crafted command line for kdesu can result in the user only seeing part of the commands that will actually get executed as super user.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-kde-runtime

References

  • CVE-2016-7787

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