MGASA-2017-0274

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    MGASA-2017-0274

    Published: 16 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-8422

    Summary: Updated kauth and kdelibs4 packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Sebastian Krahmer from SUSE discovered that the KAuth framework contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus is not properly checked. This flaw allows spoofing the identity of the caller and gaining root privileges from an unprivileged account (CVE-2017-8422).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0274.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20843, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kauth

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kauth?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.5.0-1.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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