CVE-2005-0205
N/A
Published: February 28, 2005 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsKdeKppp
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (6)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilitiesx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.htmlVDB EntrySignaturex_refsource_OVAL
Source: [email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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