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  • [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202011-03 ] KPMCore: Root privilege escalation

    From Sam James@21:1/5 to All on Tue Nov 3 02:10:01 2020
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    Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202011-03
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    https://security.gentoo.org/
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    Severity: Normal
    Title: KPMCore: Root privilege escalation
    Date: November 03, 2020
    Bugs: #749822
    ID: 202011-03

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    Synopsis
    ========

    A vulnerability in kpmcore could result in privilege escalation.

    Background
    ==========

    KPMcore, the KDE Partition Manager core, is a library for examining and modifying partitions, disk devices, and filesystems on a Linux system.
    It provides a unified programming interface over top of (external) system-manipulation tools.

    Affected packages
    =================

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    Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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    1 sys-libs/kpmcore < 4.2.0 >= 4.2.0

    Description
    ===========

    Improper checks on the D-Bus request received resulted in improper
    protection for /etc/fstab.

    Impact
    ======

    An attacker could esclate privileges to root by exploiting this
    vulnerability.

    Workaround
    ==========

    There is no known workaround at this time.

    Resolution
    ==========

    All KPMCore users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/kpmcore-4.2.0"

    References
    ==========

    [ 1 ] CVE-2020-27187
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-27187
    [ 2 ] Upstream advisory
    https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2020-October/000124.html

    Availability
    ============

    This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
    the Gentoo Security Website:

    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202011-03

    Concerns?
    =========

    Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
    confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
    importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

    License
    =======

    Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
    belongs to its owner(s).

    The contents of this document are licensed under the
    Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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