CVE-2005-0205

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-05-02 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Bernd Wuebben Kppp: 2.1.2
Kde: 3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3, 3.1.4, 3.1.5

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9596

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