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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package kde4libs  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-KDE4LIBS-337434
  • published11 Feb 2019
  • disclosed7 May 2019
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Introduced: 11 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-7443  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kde4libs package and not the kde4libs package as distributed by Debian.

KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Certain types can cause crashes, and trigger the decoding of arbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins. In other words, KAuth unintentionally causes this plugin code to run as root, which increases the severity of any possible exploitation of a plugin vulnerability.

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