Re: Confusion around gksu & CVE-2014-2943

[cve-assign () mitre org]

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> Several sites identify CVE-2014-2943 as being a vulnerability in gksu:
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> https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2014/07/07/virtualbox-filename-command-execution-via-gksu
> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68427
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> But the Mitre & NVD databases use that CVE id for a different issue:
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> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2943
> https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-2943

> Anyone know what the right CVE is for the gksu bug?

MITRE has been working on this for a few days but unfortunately hasn't
received a definitive reply about the gksu CVE ID. For now, all we can
say is that CVE-2014-2943 is currently a correct CVE ID for a Cobham
Aviator satellite terminal issue. The correct CVE ID for the gksu
issue is not CVE-2014-2943. We hope to resolve this by early next
week.

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