CVE catalog
CVE-2005-0205
kppp - design flaw
- Severity
- Unknown
- Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.36% · Oct 27, 2026
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. security flaw
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kdenetwork | 3.0 | 4:2.2.2-14.6 | vulnerable |
| Debian | kdenetwork | 3.0 | 4:2.2.2-14.7 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | kdenetwork | deb | 3.0 | 4:2.2.2-14.7 | Not reported | DSA-692-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
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