CVE-2005-0205 (GCVE-0-2005-0205)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-02-28 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:05
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-2005022… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
Date Public
2005-02-28 00:00
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