CVE-2005-0205 in Matthias Ettrich KDEinfo

Summary

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.

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02/01/2005

Disclosure

05/02/2005

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IDVulnerabilityCWEExpCouCVE
1249Matthias Ettrich KDE kppp 2.1.2 privileges management269Proof-of-ConceptOfficial fixCVE-2005-0205

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