CVE-2008-1671 (GCVE-0-2008-1671)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32
VLAI
Summary
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-k… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
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http://secunia.com/advisories/29951 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370… vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-2008042… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
Date Public
2008-04-28 00:00
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