CVE-2014-8651

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.2 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2014-12-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Kde-workspace (Kde)
• Plasma-desktop (Kde)

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/143781.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144034.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/144093.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12
• https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20141106-1.txt