CVE-2008-1671 in kde

Summary

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.

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• Reservation: 04/03/2008
• Disclosure: 04/28/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-42169 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-16 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.9
• EPSS: 0.00130
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1671
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1671
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1671/