KAuth <= 5.33.0 contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus is not properly checked. This allows spoofing the identity of the caller and with some carefully crafted calls can lead to gaining root from an unprivileged account.
KAuth <= 5.33.0 contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking dbus is not properly checked. This allows spoofing the identity of the caller and with some carefully crafted calls can lead to gaining root from an unprivileged account.
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20170510-1.txt http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q2/240 https://commits.kde.org/kauth/df875f725293af53399f5146362eb158b4f9216a https://commits.kde.org/kdelibs/264e97625abe2e0334f97de17f6ffb52582888ab
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