VDB
CVE-2005-0205
CVE-2005-0205
PUBLISHED
CVSS 4.599999904632568 MEDIUM
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.
EPSS 0.36% · 28.7th percentile
Risk Scores
CVSS 2.0
4.599999904632568
EPSS Score
0.36%
28.7th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| bernd_wuebben | kppp | 2.1.2 |
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
| kde | kde | 3.1.4, 3.1.1, 3.1.2 |
Timeline
- Feb 28, 2005 CVE Published
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
- Jul 12, 2022 EPSS Score
- Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Oct 27, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
- Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
- Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
- Apr 3, 2023 EPSS Score
- May 26, 2023 EPSS Score
References
- RHSA-2005:175 vendor-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt url
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9596 vdb
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934 patch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692 patch
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0205 advisory
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities url