CVE-2005-0205
KPPP 2.1.2 in KDE 3.1.5 and earlier - Privilege Escalation via File Descriptor Leak
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
signature
x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html
Patch vendor-advisory
x_refsource_conectiva
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_idefense
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities
Scores
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Details
Status
published
Products (7)
bernd_wuebben/kppp
2.1.2
kde/kde
3.1
kde/kde
3.1.1
kde/kde
3.1.2
kde/kde
3.1.3
kde/kde
3.1.4
kde/kde
3.1.5
Published
May 02, 2005
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026