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

0Unknown 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

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5",
            "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-dev"
        },
        {
            "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"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "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"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-8422"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
}

source

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