USN-3286-1

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    USN-3286-1

    Published: 15 May 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: kde4libs vulnerability

    Details: Sebastian Krahmer discovered that the KDE-Libs Kauth component incorrectly checked services invoking D-Bus. A local attacker could use this issue to gain root privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3286-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-8422

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kde4libs

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde4libs@4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4:4.13.3-0ubuntu0.5

    Affected versions

    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu2
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu3
    4:4.11.2-0ubuntu4
    4:4.11.80-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.95-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu1
    4:4.11.97-0ubuntu2

    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