FKIE_CVE-2008-1671

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-28 17:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:52
Severity
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diffExploit
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29951Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/29977
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/30113
secalert@redhat.comhttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diffExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29951Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde kde 3.5.5
kde kde 3.5.6
kde kde 3.5.7
kde kde 3.5.8
kde kde 3.5.9
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