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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="201908-07">
+ <title>KDE KConfig: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>A vulnerablity has been found in KDE KConfig that could allow a
+ remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">kconfig</product>
+ <announced>2019-08-15</announced>
+ <revised count="1">2019-08-15</revised>
+ <bug>691858</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="kde-frameworks/kconfig" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">5.60.0-r1</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">5.60.0-r1</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>Provides an advanced configuration system.</p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>A vulnerability was discovered in KDE KConfigā€™s handling of .desktop
+ and .directory files.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>An attacker could entice a user to execute a specially crafted .desktop
+ or .directory file possibly resulting in execution of arbitrary code with
+ the privileges of the process.
+ </p>
+ </impact>
+ <workaround>
+ <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
+ </workaround>
+ <resolution>
+ <p>All KConfig users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
+
+ <code>
+ # emerge --sync
+ # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
+ "&gt;=kde-frameworks/kconfig-5.60.0-r1"
+ </code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14744">CVE-2019-14744</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-08-09T20:56:22Z">b-man</metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-08-15T15:41:03Z">b-man</metadata>
+</glsa>