Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | KDE workspace vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2402-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-11-11 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-11-11 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | 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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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| Cvss Base Score | 7.2 | Attack Range | Local |
| Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 3.9 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary: KDE workspace could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator. Software Description: - kde-workspace: KDE Plasma Workspace components Details: David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a process running under the user's session could exploit this to run programs as the administrator. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-264 | Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27860 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:27860 | ||
| Title: | USN-2402-1 -- KDE workspace vulnerability | ||
| Description: | David Edmundson discovered that the KDE Clock KCM policykit helper did not properly guard against untrusted input. Under certain circumstances, a process running under the user's session could exploit this to run programs as the administrator. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2402-1 CVE-2014-8651 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | kde-workspace |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2016-02-03 | Name : The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates. File : suse_SU-2016-0303-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2016-01-04 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201512-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-18 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_dafa13a86e9b11e48ef75453ed2e2b49.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14813.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14865.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-17 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2014-14895.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-11-11 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2402-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-12-09 00:29:51 |
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| 2014-12-07 05:33:21 |
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| 2014-11-12 13:27:31 |
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| 2014-11-11 05:29:04 |
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