[Bug 1689759] Re: CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation

Sat May 13 02:27:14 UTC 2017

This bug was fixed in the package kauth - 5.33.0-0ubuntu2

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kauth (5.33.0-0ubuntu2) artful; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Local privilege escalation (LP: #1689759)
    - debian/patches/local-privilege-esc-CVE-2017-8422.patch
    - Thanks to Sebastian Krahmer for reporting this issue,
      Albert Astals Cid for fixing this issue.
    - CVE-2017-8422

 -- Rik Mills <rikmills at kubuntu.org>  Fri, 12 May 2017 21:59:37 +0100

** Changed in: kauth (Ubuntu Artful)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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  CVE 2017-8422 - kauth: Local privilege escalation

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