USN-3286-1

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / kde4libs

Package

Name: kde4libs
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

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

4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3

4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.1

4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.2

4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.3

4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability":  "No subscription required",
    "binaries":  [
        {
            "binary_name":  "kdelibs-bin",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "kdelibs5-data",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "kdelibs5-plugins",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "kdoctools",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkcmutils4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkde3support4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdeclarative5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdecore5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdesu5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdeui5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdewebkit5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkdnssd4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkemoticons4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkfile4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkhtml5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkidletime4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkimproxy4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkio5",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkjsapi4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkjsembed4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkmediaplayer4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libknewstuff2-4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libknewstuff3-4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libknotifyconfig4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkntlm4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkparts4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkprintutils4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkpty4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkrosscore4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkrossui4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libktexteditor4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkunitconversion4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libkutils4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libnepomuk4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libnepomukquery4a",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libnepomukutils4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libplasma3",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libsolid4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name":  "libthreadweaver4",
            "binary_version":  "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves":  [
        {
            "id":  "CVE-2017-8422",
            "severity":  [
                {
                    "score":  "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
                    "type":  "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score":  "high",
                    "type":  "Ubuntu"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem":  "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3286-1.json"