Vulnerability CVE-2005-0205
Published: 2005-05-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
KDE -> KDE 
Bernd wuebben -> KPPP 

 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
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