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TI-2005-00355 Aliases CVE-2005-0396GHSA-wwjc-39x7-jv6j

Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon, aka dcopserver, in KDE before 3.4 allows…

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Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon, aka dcopserver, in KDE before 3.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (dcopserver consumption) by "stalling the DCOP authentication process."

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00401 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 2 advisories

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:kde:dcopserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.3VulnerableKDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:desktop_communication_protocol_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 3.3VulnerableKDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:dcopserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.3 Vulnerable ·KDE
  • cpe:2.3:a:kde:desktop_communication_protocol_daemon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.3 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2005:307 Released 2005-04-06 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kdelibs security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.i386, kdelibs-devel-6:3.1.3-6.10 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.i386, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.i386, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.i386, kdelibs-6:3.1.3-6.10.ia64 +3
  • RHSA-2005:325 Released 2005-03-23 · Red Hat rating Important
    kdelibs security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.i386, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.ia64 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.i386, kdelibs-devel-6:3.3.1-3.6 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.i386, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.ia64 +3
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.i386, kdelibs-6:3.3.1-3.6.ia64 +3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:307
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:307
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:325
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:325
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:307
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:325
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2005:307
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2005:325

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2005-0396
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wwjc-39x7-jv6j

References

Patch 2

Advisory 3

Other 2

Sources

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