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Debian DSA-3004-1 : kde4libs - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77123

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Synopsis

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

Description

Sebastian Krahmer discovered that Kauth used Policykit insecurely by relying on the process ID. This could result in privilege escalation.

Solution

Upgrade the kde4libs packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 4:4.8.4-4+deb7u1.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/kde4libs

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3004

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77123

File Name: debian_DSA-3004.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Temporal Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:kde4libs, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5033

BID: 68771

DSA: 3004