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openSUSE Security Update : kauth / kdelibs4 (openSUSE-2017-575)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100202

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for kauth and kdelibs4 fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-8422: logic flaw in the KAuth framework allowed privilege escalation (boo#1036244).

Solution

Update the affected kauth / kdelibs4 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1036244

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100202

File Name: openSUSE-2017-575.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/16/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kauth-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kauth-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kauth-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-apidocs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-core-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdelibs4-doc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkf5auth5, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkf5auth5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkf5auth5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkf5auth5-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkf5auth5-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkde4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkde4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkde4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkde4-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkde4-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libkdecore4-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksuseinstall-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksuseinstall1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksuseinstall1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksuseinstall1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libksuseinstall1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8422