FKIE_CVE-2008-1671
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-04-28 17:05 - Updated: 2026-04-23 00:35
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
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