High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 26, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1920
CVE-2005-1920
Description
The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
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References
12- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- marc.infonvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/16099nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/23099nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.htmlnvdBroken Link
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434nvdBroken Link
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