Executive Summary

Summary
Title KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution
Informations
Name GLSA-201406-15 First vendor Publication 2014-06-15
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2014-06-15
Severity (Vendor) Normal Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A vulnerability in KDirStat could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands.

Background

KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility for KDE.

Description

Missing escape of executable shell command in KDirStat can be used to insert malicious shell commands.

Impact

A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell command with the privileges of the process.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All KDirStat users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-misc/kdirstat-2.7.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-2527 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2527

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-15.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-15.xml

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2014-07-24 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.
File : suse_11_kdirstat-140706.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-16 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201406-15.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-03-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-4121.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-03-31 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2014-4135.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-08-27 21:26:56
  • Multiple Updates
2014-08-26 21:28:05
  • Multiple Updates
2014-06-17 13:25:41
  • Multiple Updates
2014-06-15 21:22:45
  • First insertion