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CVE-2005-0205 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934	CVE	Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934	[email protected]	Patch
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 12 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
bernd wuebben kppp	2.1.2
CPE cpe:2.3:o:bernd_wuebben:kppp:2.1.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
kde kde	3.1 3.1.1 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 6, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]