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CVE Reference: CVE-2005-0205
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2005-0205

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-175.html

IDEFENSE
  http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=208&type=vulnerabilities

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-692

CONFIRM
  http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt

CONECTIVA
  http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934


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