1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2402-1

USN-2402-1: KDE workspace vulnerability

Publication date

11 November 2014

Overview

KDE workspace could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator.

Releases

Packages

Details

David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not
properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a
process running under the user’s session could exploit this to run
programs as the administrator.

David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not
properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a
process running under the user’s session could exploit this to run
programs as the administrator.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
12.04 precise kde-workspace-bin –  4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4

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