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GHSA-59RX-CG4H-MHRJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-03 03:19 – Updated: 2022-05-03 03:19

Details

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.

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:32

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

redhat

References

13 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
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/29977	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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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GHSA-59RX-CG4H-MHRJ

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

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