openSUSE Security Update : kdelibs4 (openSUSE-SU-2014:0981-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77129

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

KDE4 Libraries and Workspace received a security fix to fix a race condition in DBUS/Polkit authorization, where local attackers could potentially call root KDE services without proper authenticiation.
(CVE-2014-5033)

Additionaly a interlaced GIF display bug in KHTML was fixed.
(kde#330148)

This update also includes a kdebase4-workspace minor version update to 4.11.11 with various bugfixes.

Solution

Update the affected kdelibs4 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=819437

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864716

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00012.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77129

File Name: openSUSE-2014-485.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kgreeter-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kde4-kgreeter-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-ksysguardd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-liboxygenstyle-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-plasma-calendar, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdebase4-workspace-plasma-calendar-debuginfo, 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:kdm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kdm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krandr, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:krandr-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kwin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kwin-debuginfo, 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-kdebase4, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5033