Summary
The remote host is missing an update to kdenetwork announced via advisory DSA 692-1.
Solution
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=DSA%20692-1
Insight
The KDE team fixed a bug in kppp in 2002 which was now discovered to be exploitable by iDEFENSE. By opening a sufficiently large number of file descriptors before executing kppp which is installed setuid root a local attacker is able to take over privileged file descriptors.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.2.2-14.7.
The testing (sarge) and unstable (sid) distributions are not affected since KDE 3.2 already contained the correction.
We recommend that you upgrade your kppp package.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2005-0205 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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