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Unscored USN-4100-1 2 CVEs

kconfig, kde4libs vulnerabilities

Published Aug 16, 2019 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that KConfig and KDE libraries have a vulnerability
where an attacker could hide malicious code under desktop and
configuration files. (CVE-2019-14744)

It was discovered that KConfig allows remote attackers to write to
arbitrary files via a ../ in a filename in an archive file. (CVE-2016-6232)

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS kconfig 5.18.0-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS kde4libs 4:4.14.16-0ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS kconfig 5.44.0-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS kde4libs 4:4.14.38-0ubuntu3.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-6232
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14744