CVE-2005-0205

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.

Date published : 2005-02-28

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000934

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050228-1.txt