| Name | CVE-2023-28144 |
| Description | KDAB Hotspot 1.3.x and 1.4.x through 1.4.1, in a non-default configuration, allows privilege escalation because of race conditions involving symlinks and elevate_perf_privileges.sh chown calls. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1033848 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| hotspot (PTS) | buster | 1.1.0+git20190211-1 | fixed |
| sid, bullseye, bookworm | 1.3.0-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| hotspot | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| hotspot | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1033848 |
Notes
[bookworm] - hotspot <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - hotspot <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - hotspot <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present, introduced in 1.3.0)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/03/14/8
Introduced by: https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/commit/3b4682565f0e53f903f3ad0f3f2c0f236d382efb (v1.3.0)
Opt-In to allow privilege escalation (and disable by default):
https://github.com/KDAB/hotspot/commit/65a246ce9196462081483fd07d97678dcfe36b9c