| Name | CVE-2020-27187 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in KDE Partition Manager 4.1.0 before 4.2.0. The kpmcore_externalcommand helper contains a logic flaw in which the service invoking D-Bus is not properly checked. An attacker on the local machine can replace /etc/fstab, and execute mount and other partitioning related commands, while KDE Partition Manager is running. the mount command can then be used to gain full root privileges. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| kpmcore (PTS) | buster | 3.3.0-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 20.12.3-2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 22.12.3-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 23.08.3-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| kpmcore | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| kpmcore | source | buster | (not affected) | |||
| kpmcore | source | (unstable) | 4.2.0-1 |
[buster] - kpmcore <not-affected> (kpmcore_externalcommand not yet present)
[stretch] - kpmcore <not-affected> (kpmcore_externalcommand not yet present)
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20201017-1.txt
https://invent.kde.org/system/kpmcore/-/commit/c466c5db11b5cee546d1ec0594c2f1105a354fed (fix)
https://invent.kde.org/system/kpmcore/-/commit/7ec4b611dcf822439b081613cca4184689266454 (removes KF5 5.73 dependency)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890199