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FreeBSD: VID-0BAEE383-356C-11E7-B9A9-50E549EBAB6C (CVE-2017-8422): kauth: Local privilege escalation

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FreeBSD: VID-0BAEE383-356C-11E7-B9A9-50E549EBAB6C (CVE-2017-8422): kauth: Local privilege escalation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/10/2017
Modified
05/07/2019

Description

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-kdelibs
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-kf5-kauth

References

  • DLA-952-1
  • DSA-3849
  • CVE-2017-8422
  • USN-3286-1

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