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CVE-2005-0396 json

Desktop Communication Protocol (DCOP) daemon, aka dcopserver, in KDE before 3.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (dcopserver…

published 2005-03-18 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0397

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits
0
none known

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."

Patch / fix

  • kdelibs RHEL 4 6:3.3.1-3.6
  • kdelibs RHEL 3 6:3.1.3-6.10

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:325RHSA-2005:307

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2005-0396 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 kdelibs 3.1.3-6.10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 kdelibs 3.1.3-6.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:307
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 kdelibs 3.3.1-3.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 kdelibs 3.3.1-3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:325
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 kdelibs 3.1.3-6.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:307
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 kdelibs 3.3.1-3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:325
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 kdelibs 3.1.3-6.10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:307
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 kdelibs 3.3.1-3.6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:325

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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