{"id":"CVE-2008-1671","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"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 in","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.","publishedAt":"2008-04-28T17:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2024-08-07T08:32:00.600Z","severity":null,"assigner":"redhat","products":["n/a n/a"],"affected":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":["http://secunia.com/advisories/30113","http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html","http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924","http://secunia.com/advisories/29977","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1","http://secunia.com/advisories/29951","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938","http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt","http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T19:38:49.659Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2008/1xxx/CVE-2008-1671.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2008-1671","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2008-04-28T17:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T08:32:00.600Z","assignerShortName":"redhat","assignerOrgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749","dateReserved":"2008-04-03T00:00:00.000Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30113","name":"30113","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml","name":"GLSA-200804-30","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:011","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924","name":"1019924","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29977","name":"29977","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1","name":"USN-608-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29951","name":"29951","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references","name":"ADV-2008-1370","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938","name":"28938","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"]},{"url":"http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097","name":"MDVSA-2008:097","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039","name":"kde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF"]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"redhat","dateUpdated":"2017-08-07T12:57:01.000Z","orgId":"53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749"},"datePublic":"2008-04-28T00:00:00.000Z"},"adp":[{"title":"CVE Program Container","references":[{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/30113","name":"30113","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-kde-3.5.5-kinit.diff","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-30.xml","name":"GLSA-200804-30","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_GENTOO","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-05/msg00000.html","name":"SUSE-SR:2008:011","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019924","name":"1019924","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_SECTRACK","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29977","name":"29977","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-608-1","name":"USN-608-1","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_UBUNTU","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/29951","name":"29951","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1370/references","name":"ADV-2008-1370","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_VUPEN","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28938","name":"28938","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20080426-2.txt","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:097","name":"MDVSA-2008:097","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_MANDRIVA","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42039","name":"kde-startkdeinit-privilege-escalation(42039)","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CVE","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","dateUpdated":"2024-08-07T08:32:00.600Z"}}]}}}