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SUSE: CVE-2017-8422: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-8422: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/10/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/15/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-kauth-devel
  • suse-upgrade-kdelibs4
  • suse-upgrade-kdelibs4-apidocs
  • suse-upgrade-kdelibs4-branding-upstream
  • suse-upgrade-kdelibs4-core
  • suse-upgrade-kdelibs4-doc
  • suse-upgrade-libkde4
  • suse-upgrade-libkde4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libkde4-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libkdecore4
  • suse-upgrade-libkdecore4-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libkdecore4-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libkf5auth5
  • suse-upgrade-libkf5auth5-lang
  • suse-upgrade-libksuseinstall-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libksuseinstall1
  • suse-upgrade-libksuseinstall1-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:1335-1
  • DLA-952-1
  • DSA-3849
  • CVE-2017-8422
  • USN-3286-1

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