{"id":"MGASA-2019-0083","summary":"Updated kauth packages fix security vulnerability","details":"KAuth allows to pass parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as\nroot over DBus. Certain types can cause crashes and trigger decoding\narbitrary images with dynamically loaded plugins.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:26:31.503617Z","published":"2019-02-14T08:38:16Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0083.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24334"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190209-1.txt"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"kauth","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/kauth?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.42.0-1.1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0083.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}