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CVE-2005-0205

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2005-05-02 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Bernd Wuebben KpppKde Kde

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References