Vulnerability in Bernd Wuebben Kppp

CVE-2005-0205

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

References

  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OVAL, signature, vdb-entry)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_DEBIAN, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_CONECTIVA)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_IDEFENSE, Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)