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KDE KAuth faces Local Privilege Vulnerability

KDE KAuth was found to be prone to local privilege escalation vulnerability. An attacker can take advantage of this vulnerability to gain higher privilege on the attacked system.

CVE-2017-8422

Affected versions:-

  • Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS

  • SuSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional 7

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Optional 7

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional 7

  • Redhat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode 7

  • openSUSE Leap 42.2

  • openSUSE Leap 42.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.14.30

  • KDE kdelibs 4.14

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.3

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.2

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.5

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.4

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.3

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.2

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10.95

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10.3

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10

  • KDE kdelibs 4.2.4

  • KDE kdelibs 3.5.10

  • KDE kdelibs 3.5.5

  • KDE kdelibs 3.5.4

  • KDE kdelibs 3.5.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.4.3

  • KDE kdelibs 3.4.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.4

  • KDE kdelibs 3.3.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.3.1

  • KDE kdelibs 3.3

  • KDE kdelibs 3.2.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.2.1

  • KDE kdelibs 3.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1.5

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1.4

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1.3

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1.2

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1.1

  • KDE kdelibs 3.1

  • KDE kdelibs 3.0

  • KDE kdelibs 2.1.2

  • KDE kdelibs 2.1.1

  • KDE kdelibs 2.1

  • KDE kdelibs 2.0.1

  • KDE kdelibs 2.0

  • KDE kdelibs 4.6.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.6

  • KDE kdelibs 4.14

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.97

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.95

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.90

  • KDE kdelibs 4.13.80

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.97

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.95

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.90

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.80

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.5

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.4

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.3

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.2

  • KDE kdelibs 4.12.1

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.97

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.95

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.90

  • KDE kdelibs 4.11.80

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10.97

  • KDE kdelibs 4.10.2

  • KDE KAuth 5.30

  • KDE KAuth 5.1

  • Fedoraproject Fedora 26

  • Fedoraproject Fedora 25

  • Fedoraproject Fedora 24

  • Debian Linux 6.0 sparc

  • Debian Linux 6.0 s/390

  • Debian Linux 6.0 powerpc

  • Debian Linux 6.0 mips

  • Debian Linux 6.0 ia-64

  • Debian Linux 6.0 ia-32

  • Debian Linux 6.0 arm

  • Debian Linux 6.0 amd64

  • CentOS CentOS 7

  • CentOS CentOS 0
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