CVE-2014-5033
Medium
Description
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."
SeverityMedium
CVSS6.9
Exploit probability—
Product
Kde Kauth
PublishedAug 19, 2014
First seenAug 19, 2014
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| kde kauth | v ≤ 5.0 | — |
| debian kde4libs | No range specified | — |
| canonical ubuntu_linux | 12.04, 14.04 | — |
| kde kdelibs | v ≤ 4.13.97, 4.10.0, 4.10.1, 4.10.2, 4.10.3, 4.10.95, 4.10.97, 4.11.0, 4.11.1, 4.11.2, 4.11.3, 4.11.4, 4.11.5, 4.11.80, 4.11.90, 4.11.95, 4.11.97, 4.12.0, 4.12.1, 4.12.2, 4.12.3, 4.12.4, 4.12.5, 4.12.80, 4.12.90, 4.12.95, 4.12.97, 4.13.0, 4.13.1, 4.13.2, 4.13.3, 4.13.80, 4.13.90, 4.13.95 | — |
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