Bug 691858 (CVE-2019-14744)

Summary:	<kde-frameworks/kconfig-5.60.0-r1: malicious .desktop files (and others) would execute code
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	Flags:	stable-bot: sanity-check+
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20190807-1.txt
Whiteboard:	B2 [glsa+ cve]
Package list:	kde-frameworks/kconfig-5.60.0-r1	Runtime testing required:	---

Description Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2019-08-09 17:48:11 UTC

Overview
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The syntax Key[$e]=$(shell command) in *.desktop files, .directory files, and configuration files (typically found in ~/.config) was an intentional feature of KConfig, to allow flexible configuration. This could however be abused by malicious people to make the users install such files and get code executed even without intentional action by the user. A file manager trying to find out the icon for a file or directory could end up executing code, or any application using KConfig could end up executing malicious code during its startup phase for instance.

See also:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14744

Upstream fix (backported to 5.60.0-r1):
The entire feature of supporting shell commands in KConfig entries has been removed.
https://cgit.kde.org/kconfig.git/commit/?id=5d3e71b1d2ecd2cb2f910036e614ffdfc895aa22

Comment 1 Aaron Bauman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-08-09 22:24:07 UTC

arm64 stable.

Comment 2 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2019-08-11 21:31:08 UTC

x86 stable

Comment 3 Agostino Sarubbo gentoo-dev

2019-08-12 09:12:09 UTC

amd64 stable.

Maintainer(s), please cleanup.

Comment 4 Larry the Git Cow gentoo-dev

2019-08-12 11:08:03 UTC

The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s):

https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=3368d5e2fdca00d0dbfca1a10c7faa76d8221728

commit 3368d5e2fdca00d0dbfca1a10c7faa76d8221728
Author:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
AuthorDate: 2019-08-12 11:07:41 +0000
Commit:     Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>
CommitDate: 2019-08-12 11:07:48 +0000

    kde-frameworks/kconfig: Security cleanup 5.60.0 (r0)
    
    Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/691858
    Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.69, Repoman-2.3.16
    Signed-off-by: Andreas Sturmlechner <asturm@gentoo.org>

 kde-frameworks/kconfig/kconfig-5.60.0.ebuild | 36 ----------------------------
 1 file changed, 36 deletions(-)

Comment 5 Andreas Sturmlechner gentoo-dev

2019-08-14 12:45:53 UTC

KDE proj is done here.

Comment 6 GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2019-08-15 15:42:39 UTC

This issue was resolved and addressed in
 GLSA 201908-07 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-07
by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).