Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20145033000
Revision Date:2014-08-19Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-5033 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.
Description: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."
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-5033
Platform(s):Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Product(s):
Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) is installed.
  • AND The 'kde4libs' package in precise was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.4').
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