DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-8422
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422
Upstream
Published
2017-05-17T14:29:00.387Z
Modified
2025-11-19T02:01:17.257701Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / kauth

Package

Name
kauth
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kauth?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.28.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422.json"

Debian:12 / kauth

Package

Name
kauth
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kauth?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.28.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422.json"

Debian:13 / kauth

Package

Name
kauth
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kauth?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.28.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422.json"

Debian:14 / kauth

Package

Name
kauth
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kauth?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.28.0-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8422.json"