fkie_cve-2008-1671
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2008-04-28 17:05
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
start_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.
References
Impacted products
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\"user-influenceable input\" (probably command-line arguments) that cause start_kdeinit to send SIGUSR1 signals to other processes." }, { "lang": "es", "value": "start_kdeinit en KDE de 3.5.5 a 3.5.9, cuando est\u00e1 instalado setuid root, permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante \"una entrada influenciable por el usuario\" (probablemente argumentos en l\u00ednea de comandos) que provocan que start_kdeinit env\u00ede se\u00f1ales SIGUSR1 a otros procesos." } ], "id": "CVE-2008-1671", "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490", "metrics": { "cvssMetricV2": [ { "acInsufInfo": false, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "cvssData": { "accessComplexity": "LOW", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 4.6, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0" }, "exploitabilityScore": 3.9, "impactScore": 6.4, "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": true, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary", "userInteractionRequired": false } ] }, "published": "2008-04-28T17:05:00.000", "references": [ { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Exploit" ], "url": "ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "tags": [ "Vendor Advisory" ], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29951" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29977" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30113" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references" }, { "source": "secalert@redhat.com", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Exploit" ], "url": "ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "tags": [ "Vendor Advisory" ], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29951" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/29977" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/30113" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references" }, { "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039" } ], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com", "vendorComments": [ { "comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.", "lastModified": "2008-05-01T00:00:00", "organization": "Red Hat" } ], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "CWE-16" } ], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary" } ] }
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