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CVE-2008-1671

Published: Apr 28, 2008 | Modified: Apr 09, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1671
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/16.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
KdeKde3.5.5 (including)3.5.5 (including)
KdeKde3.5.6 (including)3.5.6 (including)
KdeKde3.5.7 (including)3.5.7 (including)
KdeKde3.5.8 (including)3.5.8 (including)
KdeKde3.5.9 (including)3.5.9 (including)
KdelibsUbuntudevel*
KdelibsUbuntufeisty*
KdelibsUbuntugutsy*
KdelibsUbuntuhardy*

References

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