CVE-2005-0205 Information

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.

Reference

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/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9596