CVE-2014-8651

Publication date 7 November 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
kde-workspace	14.10 utopic	Fixed 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 4:4.11.11-0ubuntu0.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4
	10.04 LTS lucid	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
kde-workspace	Upstream: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/kde-workspace/repository/diff?rev=54d0bfb5effff9c8cf60da890b7728cbe36a454e&rev_to=fd2aa9deed44fad6107625ad7360157fea7296f6 Upstream: https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/workspace/plasma-desktop/repository/diff?rev_to=683b66889b8abbeec82eedcbb1c9ff08c06e9582&rev=58bb376fb9ffb2ecb9ce0a89a0a312bfa091bd3f

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2402-1
KDE workspace vulnerability
11 November 2014

CVE-2014-8651

Status

Patch details

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Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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