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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : KDE-Libs vulnerability (USN-2304-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 76962

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2304-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that kauth was using polkit in an unsafe manner. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass intended polkit authorizations.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2304-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 76962

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2304-1.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/1/2014

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-5033

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdeui5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdewebkit5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkjsembed4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkio5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsolid4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkutils4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkmediaplayer4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnepomukquery4a, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkcmutils4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkunitconversion4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkhtml5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkimproxy4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkprintutils4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkrosscore4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkrossui4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkparts4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdecore5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libplasma3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libthreadweaver4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkidletime4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdelibs5-plugins, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkntlm4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdelibs5-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnepomukutils4, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkde3support4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkfile4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libknotifyconfig4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libknewstuff3-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libktexteditor4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdesu5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkpty4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libnepomuk4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdoctools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libknewstuff2-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdelibs5-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kdelibs-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdnssd4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkjsapi4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkdeclarative5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libkemoticons4

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5033

BID: 68771

USN: 2304-1