VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2005-0205

CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2005-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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