Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871817
Category:	Red Hat Local Security Checks
Title:	RedHat Update for kdelibs RHSA-2017:1264-01
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kdelibs'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kdelibs' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: kdelibs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-8422 BugTraq ID: 98412 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98412 Debian Security Information: DSA-3849 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3849 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42053/ https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-29 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/10/3 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:1264 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1264 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038480
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