CVE-2005-0205
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 28, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 1, 2005
Description
KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier, when setuid root without certain wrappers, does not properly close a privileged file descriptor for a domain socket, which allows local users to read and write to /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf and gain control over DNS name resolution by opening a number of file descriptors before executing kppp.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9596vdb-entrysignature
- DSA-692vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:175vendor-advisory
- CLA-2005:934vendor-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt
- 20050228 KPPP Privileged File Descriptor Leak Vulnerabilitythird-party-advisory
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