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>> KDE kpdf Temporary File Writing Denial of Service Vulnerability

Title : KDE kpdf Temporary File Writing Denial of Service Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1372
CVE ID : CVE-2005-2097
CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Low Risk

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2005-08-10

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A vulnerability was identified in KDE, which could be exploited to cause a denial of service [...]

Solution

Patch for KDE 3.3.1 :
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.3.1-kdegraphics-4.diff
Patch for KDE 3.4.1 :
ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/security_patches/post-3.4.1-kdegraphics-4.diff

ChangeLog

2005-08-10 : Initial release

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