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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8422: ELSA-2017-1264: kdelibs security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

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Oracle Linux: CVE-2017-8422: ELSA-2017-1264: kdelibs security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/22/2017
Modified
07/22/2024

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. A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way kdelibs handled D-Bus messages. A local user could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper application.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-apidocs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-ktexteditor
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kernel-uek-container

References

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