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FKIE_CVE-2006-3378

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-07-06 20:05 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:26

Severity

Summary

passwd command in shadow in Ubuntu 5.04 through 6.06 LTS, when called with the -f, -g, or -s flag, does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.

References

	URL	Tags
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/20950
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/20966
	cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/21480
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.osvdb.org/26995
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850
	cve@mitre.org	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/20950
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/20966
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/21480
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.osvdb.org/26995
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.04
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.04
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.04
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.10
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.10
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.10
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	5.10
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	6.06_lts
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	6.06_lts
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	6.06_lts
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	6.06_lts

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CVE-2006-3378 (GCVE-0-2006-3378)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-07-06 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:23

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

7 references

URL	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/21480	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.osvdb.org/26995	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/20966	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/20950	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Date Public

2006-07-05 00:00

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