CVE-2008-1671

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1671
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-28 17:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionstart_kdeinit in KDE 3.5.5 through 3.5.9, when installed setuid root, allows local users to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via "user-influenceable input" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-16 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.5 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.6 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.7 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.8 All All All
Operating System Kde Kde 3.5.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-608-1: KDE vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:097 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.kde.org Exploit
KDE start_kdeinit Input Validation Flaw May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
KDE start_kdeinit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:200?8:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org
KDE 'start_kdeinit' Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo update for kde - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Ubuntu update for kdelibs - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2008-05-01Joshua BressersNot vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.
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