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Medium
CVE-2008-1671
start_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root,...
Vulnerability Description
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.
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
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
- ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29951
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.5.5, 3.5.6, 3.5.7, 3.5.8, 3.5.9
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 2008
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.