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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

VendorProductVersions
bernd_wuebbenkppp2.1.2
n/an/an/a
kdekde3.1.4, 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
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