MGASA-2017-0473

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Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0473.html

Import Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0473.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2017-0473

Upstream

CVE-2016-7787

Published

2017-12-31T00:10:15Z

Modified

2026-04-16T06:25:02.845733868Z

Summary

Updated kdebase4-runtime packages fix security vulnerability

Details

A user could sneak an unicode string terminator in the kdesu invocation, which could hide the fact that more commands could be executed (CVE-2016-7787).

References

Credits

- Mageia - COORDINATOR
- - https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / kdebase4-runtime

Package

Name: kdebase4-runtime
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kdebase4-runtime?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.14.3-5.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}

Database specific

source

"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0473.json"