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  "id": "CVE-2008-1671",
  "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com",
  "published": "2008-04-28T17:05:00.000",
  "lastModified": "2017-08-08T01:30:21.090",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "start_kdeinit en KDE de 3.5.5 a 3.5.9, cuando est\u00e1 instalado setuid root, permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio y posiblemente ejecutar c\u00f3digo de su elecci\u00f3n mediante \"una entrada influenciable por el usuario\" (probablemente argumentos en l\u00ednea de comandos) que provocan que start_kdeinit env\u00ede se\u00f1ales SIGUSR1 a otros procesos."
    }
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  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "organization": "Red Hat",
      "comment": "Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of KDE as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, or 5.",
      "lastModified": "2008-05-01T00:00:00"
    }
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