Ubuntu Security Notices
USN-3286-1

USN-3286-1: KDE-Libs vulnerability

Publication date

15 May 2017

Overview

KDE-Libs could be made to run programs as an administrator if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

14.04 LTS

Packages

kde4libs - KDE 4 core applications and libraries

Details

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the KDE-Libs Kauth component incorrectly
checked services invoking D-Bus. A local attacker could use this issue to
gain root privileges.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to 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
14.04 trusty	kdelibs5-plugins – 4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

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References

CVE-2017-8422

CVE-2017-8422