UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-5033

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033

Upstream

CVE-2014-5033

Downstream

USN-2304-1

Related

USN-2304-1

Published

2014-07-23T00:00:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T09:46:41Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / kde4libs

Package

Name: kde4libs
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3

Affected versions

4:4.*

4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2

4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3

4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4

4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1

4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1

4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1

4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2

4:4.12.0-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.1-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.2-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.2-0ubuntu2

4:4.12.3-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.90-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.95-0ubuntu1

4:4.12.97-0ubuntu1

4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1

4:4.13.0-0ubuntu1.1

4:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.1

4:4.13.1-0ubuntu0.2

4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kdelibs-bin",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kdelibs5-data",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kdelibs5-plugins",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kdoctools",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkcmutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkde3support4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdeclarative5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdecore5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdesu5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdeui5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdewebkit5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkdnssd4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkemoticons4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkfile4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkhtml5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkidletime4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkimproxy4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkio5",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkjsapi4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkjsembed4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkmediaplayer4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libknewstuff2-4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libknewstuff3-4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libknotifyconfig4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkntlm4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkparts4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkprintutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkpty4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrosscore4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkrossui4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libktexteditor4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkunitconversion4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libkutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnepomuk4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnepomukquery4a",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libnepomukutils4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libplasma3",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libsolid4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libthreadweaver4",
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5033.json"