UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8651

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-8651

    Published: 7 Nov 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-8651
    Aliases:
    USN-2402-1

    Summary:

    Details: The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8651, https://git.reviewboard.kde.org/r/120977/, https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2402-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-8651

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde-workspace

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde-workspace@4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.3-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.3-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.4-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.4-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.4-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.5-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.5-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.5-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.5-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.6-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.6-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.6-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.6-0ubuntu5
    4:4.11.7-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu5
    4:4.11.8-0ubuntu6
    4:4.11.9-0ubuntu0.2
    4:4.11.10-0ubuntu0.1
    4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.1

    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