7.5
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other 281
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2005-1920

First published: Tue Jul 26 2005(Updated: )

The (1) Kate and (2) Kwrite applications in KDE KDE 3.2.x through 3.4.0 do not properly set the same permissions on the backup file as were set on the original file, which could allow local users and possibly remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com secalert@redhat.com

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
KDE KDE=3.3.2
KDE KDE=3.3.1
KDE KDE=3.2.2
KDE KDE=3.2.1
KDE KDE=3.4.0
KDE KDE=3.4
KDE KDE=3.3
KDE KDE=3.2
KDE KDE=3.2.3
KDE KDE>=3.2<=3.4.0
Debian Debian Linux=3.1

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