-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Important: kdelibs security update Advisory ID: RHSA-2017:1264-01 Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 Issue date: 2017-05-22 CVE Names: CVE-2017-8422 ===================================================================== 1. Summary: An update for kdelibs is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - noarch, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - noarch, ppc64, s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - noarch 3. Description: The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the X Window System. The kdelibs packages include core libraries for the K Desktop Environment. Security Fix(es): * A privilege escalation flaw was found in the way kdelibs handled D-Bus messages. A local user could potentially use this flaw to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper application. (CVE-2017-8422) Red Hat would like to thank Sebastian Krahmer (SUSE) for reporting this issue. 4. Solution: For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 The desktop must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this update to take effect. 5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/): 1449647 - CVE-2017-8422 kauth: service invoking dbus is not properly checked and allows local privilege escalation 6. Package List: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7): Source: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.src.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7): noarch: kdelibs-apidocs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.noarch.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7): Source: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.src.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7): noarch: kdelibs-apidocs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.noarch.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7): Source: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.src.rpm aarch64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.aarch64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.aarch64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.aarch64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.aarch64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.aarch64.rpm ppc64le: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64le.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7): Source: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.src.rpm noarch: kdelibs-apidocs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.noarch.rpm ppc64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.ppc64.rpm s390x: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390x.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390x.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390x.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390x.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.s390x.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7): Source: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.src.rpm x86_64: kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-common-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-debuginfo-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-devel-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.i686.rpm kdelibs-ktexteditor-4.14.8-6.el7_3.x86_64.rpm Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7): noarch: kdelibs-apidocs-4.14.8-6.el7_3.noarch.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. 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