<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="201406-15"> <title>KDirStat: Arbitrary command execution</title> <synopsis>A vulnerability in KDirStat could allow local attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">kdirstat</product> <announced>2014-06-15</announced> <revised count="1">2014-06-15</revised> <bug>504994</bug> <access>local</access> <affected> <package name="kde-misc/kdirstat" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.7.5</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">2.7.5</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p>KDirStat is a graphical disk usage utility for KDE.</p> </background> <description> <p>Missing escape of executable shell command in KDirStat can be used to insert malicious shell commands. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p>A local attacker could possibly execute arbitrary shell command with the privileges of the process. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> </workaround> <resolution> <p>All KDirStat users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=kde-misc/kdirstat-2.7.5" </code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2527">CVE-2014-2527</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-03-21T08:40:23Z"> pinkbyte </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-06-15T16:22:38Z"> pinkbyte </metadata> </glsa>