Description
KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions."
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
Debian DLA |
DLA-76-1 | kde4libs security update |
Debian DSA |
DSA-3004-1 | kde4libs security update |
EUVD |
EUVD-2014-4932 | KDE kdelibs before 4.14 and kauth before 5.1 does not properly use D-Bus for communication with a polkit authority, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a PolkitUnixProcess PolkitSubject race condition via a (1) setuid process or (2) pkexec process, related to CVE-2013-4288 and "PID reuse race conditions." |
Ubuntu USN |
USN-2304-1 | KDE-Libs vulnerability |
References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T11:34:37.288Z
Reserved: 2014-07-22T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2014-5033
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Status : Modified
Published: 2014-08-19T18:55:03.233
Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220
Link: CVE-2014-5033
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DLA
Debian DSA
EUVD
Ubuntu USN