CVE-2008-1671

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1671
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-28 17:05:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-08 01:30:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-16

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:200?8:011 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt CONFIRM www.kde.org
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Ubuntu update for kdelibs - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff CONFIRM ftp.kde.org Exploit
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2008:097 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Gentoo update for kde - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-608-1: KDE vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
KDE start_kdeinit: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
KDE start_kdeinit Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
KDE 'start_kdeinit' Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
KDE start_kdeinit Input Validation Flaw May Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
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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