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

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

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/22/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

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)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-apidocs
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-common
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-kdelibs-ktexteditor

References

  • ELSA-2017-1264
  • DLA-952-1
  • DSA-3849
  • CVE-2017-8422
  • USN-3286-1

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