CVE-2008-1671

KDE 3.5.5-3.5.9 - Denial of Service and Possible Code Execution via SIGUSR1 Signal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30113
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29977
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29951
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938
Various Sources x_refsource_confirm
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039

Scores

EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 31.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-16
Status published
Products (5)
kde/kde 3.5.5
kde/kde 3.5.6
kde/kde 3.5.7
kde/kde 3.5.8
kde/kde 3.5.9
Published Apr 28, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026