Access Restriction Bypass Affecting kde-workspace package, versions <4:4.11.13-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (31st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-KDEWORKSPACE-273950
  • published6 Dec 2014
  • disclosed6 Dec 2014

Introduced: 6 Dec 2014

CVE-2014-8651  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 kde-workspace to version 4:4.11.13-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kde-workspace package and not the kde-workspace package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

The KDE Clock KCM policykit helper in kde-workspace before 4.11.14 and plasma-desktop before 5.1.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted ntpUtility (ntp utility name) argument.

CVSS Base Scores

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