MGASA-2017-0473

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    MGASA-2017-0473

    Published: 31 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-7787

    Summary: Updated kdebase4-runtime packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A user could sneak an unicode string terminator in the kdesu invocation, which could hide the fact that more commands could be executed (CVE-2016-7787).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0473.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19488, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7, https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00034.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kdebase4-runtime

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kdebase4-runtime?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.14.3-5.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High