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CVE-2008-1671

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-16 Configuration Errors
Publication date:
28/04/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.5.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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