CVE-2006-1319

Summary

CVECVE-2006-1319
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-03-20 11:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionchpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gid_t type.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.000400000 probability, percentile 0.120170000 (date 2026-04-17)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Runit Runit 1.3.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
RunIt CHPST Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - RunIt "chpst" Multiple Groups Handling Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
#356016 - chpst: setting of multiple groups using -u is broken - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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