CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
74.6%
New kdelibs packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix a security issue.
Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
kconfig: malicious .desktop files (and others) would execute code.
For more information, see:
https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/kde-announce/2019-August/000047.html
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2019-14744
(* Security fix *)
Where to find the new packages:
Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the “Get Slack” section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz
MD5 signatures:
Slackware 14.2 package:
bf9cdc634d392f7c05561a7ddc298388 kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
3646da04eed2835db47afb3bab02c78b kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package:
a88a3859f1f7fb57df6579ba45153e80 kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
cb52242ec03ff9430894b1d7aee206cf kde/kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz
Installation instructions:
Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Slackware | 14.2 | i586 | kdelibs | < 4.14.38 | kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-1_slack14.2.txz |
Slackware | 14.2 | x86_64 | kdelibs | < 4.14.38 | kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz |
Slackware | current | i586 | kdelibs | < 4.14.38 | kdelibs-4.14.38-i586-4.txz |
Slackware | current | x86_64 | kdelibs | < 4.14.38 | kdelibs-4.14.38-x86_64-4.txz |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
74.6%