OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2498-1

Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-10-11 13:50 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:42
Summary
Security update for kde-cli-tools5
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for kde-cli-tools5
Description of the patch: This update for kde-cli-tools5 fixes the following vulnerability: * CVE-2016-7787: user could sneak an unicode string terminator in the kdesu invocation (boo#1001916)
Patchnames: openSUSE-2016-1171
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
CVE-2016-7787
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:kde-cli-tools5-0:5.5.5-12.1.x86_64 —
Vendor Fix
Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:kde-cli-tools5-lang-0:5.5.5-12.1.noarch —
Vendor Fix
Threats
Impact moderate
References
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