CVE-2014-8651 (GCVE-0-2014-8651)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-06 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/04/9 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-12 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-201411… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2402-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/11/07/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70904 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2014-11-04 00:00
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