CVE-2005-0205

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-2005-0205

CVE-2005-0205 affects KPPP 2.1.2 and earlier within KDE 3.1.5 and earlier. The issue is a local privilege problem where a setuid-root kppp can fail to close a privileged domain-socket file descriptor when wrappers are not used, enabling a local attacker to read/write /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.co...