CVE-2005-1920 (GCVE-0-2005-1920)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-07-26 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:06
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2 Mailing List
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/16099 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/23099 Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804 Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.com http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html Broken Link
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112171434023679&w=2 Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/16099 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/23099 Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-21.xml Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://securitytracker.com/id?1014512 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-804 Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050718-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_18_sr.html Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-612.html Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14297 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9434 Broken Link
Impacted products
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