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.
Published: 2005-02-28
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2005-0206 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.
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Bernd Wuebben Kppp
Kde Kde
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:25.431Z

Reserved: 2005-02-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2005-0205

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2005-0205

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2005-02-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2005-0205 - Bugzilla

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