CVE-2019-14744 Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Upstream information

CVE-2019-14744 at MITRE

Description

In KDE Frameworks KConfig before 5.61.0, malicious desktop files and configuration files lead to code execution with minimal user interaction. This relates to libKF5ConfigCore.so, and the mishandling of .desktop and .directory files, as demonstrated by a shell command on an Icon line in a .desktop file.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	5.1
Vector	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	High
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7.8
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1144600 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

openSUSE-SU-2019:1851-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:1851-2, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:1855-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023
openSUSE-SU-2019:1898-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:42 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Liberty Linux 7	`kde-settings >= 19-23.10.el7_7` `kde-settings-ksplash >= 19-23.10.el7_7` `kde-settings-minimal >= 19-23.10.el7_7` `kde-settings-plasma >= 19-23.10.el7_7` `kde-settings-pulseaudio >= 19-23.10.el7_7` `kdelibs >= 4.14.8-11.el7_7` `kdelibs-apidocs >= 4.14.8-11.el7_7` `kdelibs-common >= 4.14.8-11.el7_7` `kdelibs-devel >= 4.14.8-11.el7_7` `kdelibs-ktexteditor >= 4.14.8-11.el7_7` `qt-settings >= 19-23.10.el7_7`	Patchnames: RHSA-2019:2606 (i686,x86_64)
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	`kconf_update5 >= 5.20.0-8.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.20.0-8.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.18-14.1` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.18-14.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.18-14.1` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.18-14.1` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.20.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.20.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.20.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.18-14.1` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,i586,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2	`kconf_update5 >= 5.26.0-8.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.26.0-8.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.25-13.1` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.25-13.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.25-13.1` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.25-13.1` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.26.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.26.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.26.0-8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.25-13.1` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,i586,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3	`kconf_update5 >= 5.32.0-7.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.32.0-7.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel-64bit >= 5.32.0-7.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.33-7.2` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.33-7.2` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.33-7.2` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.33-7.2` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.32.0-7.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-64bit >= 5.32.0-7.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.32.0-7.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.32.0-7.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-64bit >= 5.32.0-7.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-64bit >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-64bit >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.33-7.2` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall1-64bit >= 4.14.33-7.2`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,i586,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	`kconf_update5 >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel-64bit >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-64bit >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-64bit >= 5.55.0-bp151.3.8.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall1-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp151.9.8.2`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,i586,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) openSUSE-2019-1898 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
SUSE Package Hub 15	`kconf_update5 >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `kconfig-devel >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel-64bit >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-64bit >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-64bit >= 5.45.0-bp150.3.8.2` `libkde4 >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall1-64bit >= 4.14.38-bp150.3.8.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,i586,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64) openSUSE-2019-1855 (aarch64,aarch64_ilp32,ppc64le,s390x,x86_64)
openSUSE Leap 15.0	`kconf_update5 >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.45.0-lp150.2.5.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp150.6.5.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851
openSUSE Leap 15.1	`kconf_update5 >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kconfig-devel-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `kdelibs4-apidocs >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `kdelibs4-doc >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5-32bit >= 5.55.0-lp151.2.5.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkde4-devel >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libkdecore4-devel >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall-devel >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1` `libksuseinstall1-32bit >= 4.14.38-lp151.9.5.1`	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-1851
openSUSE Leap 15.2	`kconf_update5 >= 5.71.0-lp152.1.1` `kdelibs4 >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5` `kdelibs4-branding-upstream >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5` `kdelibs4-core >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.71.0-lp152.1.1` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.71.0-lp152.1.1` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.71.0-lp152.1.1` `libkde4 >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5` `libkdecore4 >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5` `libksuseinstall1 >= 4.14.38-lp152.10.5`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA kconf_update5-5.71.0-lp152.1.1 openSUSE Leap 15.2 GA kdelibs4-4.14.38-lp152.10.37
openSUSE Leap 15.3	`kconf_update5 >= 5.76.0-bp153.1.16` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.76.0-bp153.1.16` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.76.0-bp153.1.16` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.76.0-bp153.1.16`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.3 GA kconf_update5-5.76.0-bp153.1.16
openSUSE Leap 15.4	`kconf_update5 >= 5.90.0-150400.1.4` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.90.0-150400.1.4` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.90.0-150400.1.4` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.90.0-150400.1.4`	Patchnames: openSUSE Leap 15.4 GA kconf_update5-5.90.0-150400.1.4
openSUSE Tumbleweed	`kconf_update5 >= 5.86.0-1.2` `kconfig-devel >= 5.86.0-1.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5 >= 5.86.0-1.2` `libKF5ConfigCore5-lang >= 5.86.0-1.2` `libKF5ConfigGui5 >= 5.86.0-1.2`	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10889

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s)	Source package	State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	kconfig	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	kdelibs4	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1	kdelibs4-apidocs	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2	kconfig	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2	kdelibs4	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP2	kdelibs4-apidocs	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3	kconfig	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3	kdelibs4	Released
SUSE Package Hub 12 SP3	kdelibs4-apidocs	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15	kconfig	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15	kdelibs4	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15	kdelibs4-apidocs	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	kconfig	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	kdelibs4	Released
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP1	kdelibs4-apidocs	Released
openSUSE Leap 15.3	kconfig	Already fixed
openSUSE Leap 15.4	kconfig	Already fixed

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Aug 7 18:10:42 2019
CVE page last modified: Mon Aug 24 19:35:37 2026