CVE-2005-0205 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2005-0205

KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier, when setuid root...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

bernd wuebben

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Affected Software

kppp, kde
Vulnerable Versions:
2.1.2, 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5

Timeline

Official Publish: February 28th, 2005
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.