gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-201512-12.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201512-12">
<title>KDE Systemsettings: Privilege escalation</title>
<synopsis>Data validation in KDE Systemsettings could lead to local privilege
escalation.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">systemsettings</product>
<announced>2015-12-30</announced>
<revised count="1">2015-12-30</revised>
<bug>528468</bug>
<access>local</access>
<affected>
<package name="kde-base/systemsettings" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">4.11.13-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">4.11.13-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>KDE workspace configuration module for setting the date and time has a
helper program
which runs as root for performing actions.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>KDE Systemsettings fails to properly validate user input before passing
it as argument in context of higher privilege.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>A local attacker could gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp
utility name) argument.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>Add a polkit rule to disable the org.kde.kcontrol.kcmclock.save action.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>All KDE Systemsettings users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
"&gt;=kde-base/systemsettings-4.11.13-r1"
</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8651">CVE-2014-8651</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-06-03T07:50:15Z">Zlogene</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-12-30T20:52:40Z">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>