Input validation error in kauth - CVE-2019-7443
Published: February 27, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU17877
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-7443
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: KDE.org
Affected software:
kauth
kauth
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input passed parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus. A local user can perform denial of service attack or elevate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-7443
Install updates from vendor's website.