kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.

The following security issue has been fixed :

  - #868682: CVE-2014-2527 / CVE-2014-2528: kdirstat:
    command injection in kcleanup

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-15 (KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution)

    Missing escape of executable shell command in KDirStat can be used to       insert malicious shell commands.
  Impact :

    A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell command with the       privileges of the process.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Fix CVE-2014-2527

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
76754	SuSE 11.3 Security Update : kdirstat (SAT Patch Number 9515)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
76066	GLSA-201406-15 : KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
73259	Fedora 20 : k4dirstat-2.7.0-0.14.20101010git6c0a9e6.fc20 (2014-4135)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
73258	Fedora 19 : k4dirstat-2.7.0-0.14.20101010git6c0a9e6.fc19 (2014-4121)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2014-2527

critical

Tenable Plugins

medium

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medium

medium