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CVE-2014-5033

Publication date 23 July 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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."

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
kde4libs 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 4:4.13.2a-0ubuntu0.3
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
kde4libs

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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