USN-4100-1

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    USN-4100-1

    Published: 16 Aug 2019Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: kconfig, kde4libs vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that KConfig and KDE libraries have a vulnerability where an attacker could hide malicious code under desktop and configuration files. (CVE-2019-14744) It was discovered that KConfig allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ in a filename in an archive file. (CVE-2016-6232)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4100-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6232, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14744

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: kconfig

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    5.15.0-0ubuntu1
    5.15.0-0ubuntu2

    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