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CVE-2008-1671

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2008-04-28 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Kde Kde

Weakness Type

CWE-16

References