CVE

Id
11411  
CVE No.
CVE-2005-0205  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20050201)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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