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| author |   Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2020-11-03 00:36:27 +0000 |
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| committer | Sam James <sam@gentoo.org> | 2020-11-03 00:36:27 +0000 |
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[ GLSA 202011-03 ] KPMCore: Root privilege escalation
Signed-off-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/glsa-202011-03.xml b/glsa-202011-03.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e1b77427 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-202011-03.xml @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="202011-03"> + <title>KPMCore: Root privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis>A vulnerability in kpmcore could result in privilege escalation.</synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">kpmcore</product> + <announced>2020-11-03</announced> + <revised count="1">2020-11-03</revised> + <bug>749822</bug> + <access>local</access> + <affected> + <package name="sys-libs/kpmcore" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">4.2.0</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">4.2.0</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>KPMcore, the KDE Partition Manager core, is a library for examining and + modifying partitions, disk devices, and filesystems on a Linux system. It + provides a unified programming interface over top of (external) + system-manipulation tools. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Improper checks on the D-Bus request received resulted in improper + protection for /etc/fstab. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>An attacker could esclate privileges to root by exploiting this + vulnerability. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All KPMCore users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/kpmcore-4.2.0" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27187">CVE-2020-27187</uri> + <uri link="https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2020-October/000124.html"> + Upstream advisory + </uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2020-10-23T04:10:26Z">sam_c</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2020-11-03T00:33:42Z">sam_c</metadata> +</glsa> |