gsd-2005-0205
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:20
Details
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.
Aliases
Aliases
CVE-2005-0205


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            "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
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          "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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      },
      "lastModifiedDate": "2017-10-11T01:29Z",
      "publishedDate": "2005-05-02T04:00Z"
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}


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