glsa-201406-15.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201406-15">
  <title>KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution</title>
  <synopsis>A vulnerability in KDirStat could allow local attackers to execute
    arbitrary shell commands.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">kdirstat</product>
  <announced>2014-06-15</announced>
  <revised count="1">2014-06-15</revised>
  <bug>504994</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="kde-misc/kdirstat" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.7.5</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.5</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility for KDE.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Missing escape of executable shell command in KDirStat can be used to
      insert malicious shell commands.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell command with the
      privileges of the process.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All KDirStat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=kde-misc/kdirstat-2.7.5"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2527">CVE-2014-2527</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-03-21T08:40:23Z">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-06-15T16:22:38Z">
    pinkbyte
  </metadata>
</glsa>