KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.

Security update for kauth, kdelibs4

Security update for kdelibs4

Affected: Ubuntu:14.04:LTS: kde4libs, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: kauth, Ubuntu:16.04:LTS: kde4libs

KDE kdelibs before 4.14.32 and KAuth before 5.34 allow local users to gain root privileges by spoofing a callerID and leveraging a privileged helper app.