CVE-2008-1671
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Published: April 28, 2008 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorKde
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (13)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diffVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/29951Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
Source: [email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txtVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-16
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