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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS : kde-workspace vulnerabilities (USN-2402-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 79122

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a process running under the user's session could exploit this to run programs as the administrator.

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Solution

Update the affected kde-workspace-bin package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/2402-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 79122

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2402-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:kde-workspace-bin

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8651

USN: 2402-1