Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.3 Desktop Communication Protocol denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Desktop Communication Protocol Handler. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2005-0396. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Matthias Ettrich KDE 3.3 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Desktop Communication Protocol Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon, aka dcopserver, in KDE before 3.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (dcopserver consumption) by "stalling the DCOP authentication process."

The bug was discovered 03/16/2005. The weakness was presented 03/16/2005 by Sebastian Krahmer with SuSE (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at kde.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-0396 since 02/14/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21802 (CentOS 3 / 4 : kdelibs (CESA-2005:307)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117957 (CentOS Security Update for kdelibs (CESA-2005:307)).

Upgrading to version 3.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at ftp.kde.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19714), Tenable (21802), SecurityFocus (BID 12820†), OSVDB (14813†) and Secunia (SA14591†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 21802
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : kdelibs (CESA-2005:307)
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OpenVAS ID: 52154
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: ja-kdelibs, kdelibs-nocups, kdelibs
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: KDE 3.4
Patch: ftp.kde.org

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: kde.org
Researcher: Sebastian Krahmer
Organization: SuSE
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-0396 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-0396
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1283

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X-Force: 19714
SecurityFocus: 12820 - KDE DCOPServer Local Denial of Service Vulnerability
Secunia: 14591 - KDE Desktop Communication Protocol Denial of Service Vulnerability, Not Critical
OSVDB: 14813 - KDE Desktop Communication Protocol dcopserver Local DoS
SecurityTracker: 1013453
Vulnerability Center: 7399 - DoS in DCOP Daemon in KDE < 3.4, Low

Entryinfo

Created: 03/21/2005 12:56
Updated: 07/05/2025 14:02
Changes: 03/21/2005 12:56 (97), 07/01/2019 18:31 (2), 07/05/2025 14:02 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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