CVE-2005-0205

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.

CVSS v2.0 4.6 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934	Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692	Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:bernd_wuebben:kppp:2.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.5:::::::*

Information

Published : 2005-05-01 21:00

Updated : 2017-10-10 18:29

NVD link : CVE-2005-0205

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0205

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

bernd_wuebben

kppp

kde

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