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FreeBSD : kdelibs -- KAuth PID Reuse Flaw (2f90556f-18c6-11e4-9cc4-5453ed2e2b49)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 76951

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Martin Sandsmark reports :

The KAuth framework uses polkit-1 API which tries to authenticate using the requestors PID. This is prone to PID reuse race conditions.

This potentially allows a malicious application to pose as another for authentication purposes when executing privileged actions.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://marc.info/?l=kde-announce&m=140674898412923&w=2

http://www.nessus.org/u?29a5384e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 76951

File Name: freebsd_pkg_2f90556f18c611e49cc45453ed2e2b49.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/1/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:kdelibs, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5033