MGASA-2019-0083

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    MGASA-2019-0083

    Published: 14 Feb 2019Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated kauth packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus. Certain types can cause crashes and trigger decoding arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0083.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24334, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190209-1.txt

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kauth

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/kauth?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.42.0-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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