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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0205

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.

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Affected products

8
  • Bernd Wuebben/Kppp
    cpe:2.3:o:bernd_wuebben:kppp:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • KDE/Kde6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • KDE/kpppllm-fuzzy
    Range: 2.1.2

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