Race Condition Affecting polkit-qt-doc package, versions <0:0.103.0-10.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-POLKITQTDOC-2483100
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 Aug 2014

Introduced: 19 Aug 2014

CVE-2014-5033  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 polkit-qt-doc to version 0:0.103.0-10.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1359.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream polkit-qt-doc package and not the polkit-qt-doc package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."

CVSS Base Scores

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