security flaw

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...

CVE-2004-1182

hfaxd in HylaFAX before 4.2.1, when installed with a "weak" hosts.hfaxd file, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted 1 username or 2 hostname that satisfies a regular expression that is matched against a hosts.hfaxd entry without a password...

DEBIAN-CVE-2004-1182

hfaxd in HylaFAX before 4.2.1, when installed with a "weak" hosts.hfaxd file, allows remote attackers to authenticate and bypass intended access restrictions via a crafted 1 username or 2 hostname that satisfies a regular expression that is matched against a hosts.hfaxd entry without a password...