glsa-201512-12.xml


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="201512-12">
  <title>KDE Systemsettings: Privilege escalation</title>
  <synopsis>Data validation in KDE Systemsettings could lead to local privilege
    escalation.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">systemsettings</product>
  <announced>2015-12-30</announced>
  <revised count="1">2015-12-30</revised>
  <bug>528468</bug>
  <access>local</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="kde-base/systemsettings" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">4.11.13-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">4.11.13-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>KDE workspace configuration module for setting the date and time has a
      helper program
      which runs as root for performing actions.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>KDE Systemsettings fails to properly validate user input before passing
      it as argument in context of higher privilege.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>A local attacker could gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp
      utility name) argument.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>Add a polkit rule to disable the org.kde.kcontrol.kcmclock.save action.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All KDE Systemsettings users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
      "&gt;=kde-base/systemsettings-4.11.13-r1"
    </code>
    
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8651">CVE-2014-8651</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-06-03T07:50:15Z">Zlogene</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2015-12-30T20:52:40Z">mrueg</metadata>
</glsa>