CVE-2006-3378

Summary

CVECVE-2006-3378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-07-06 20:05:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 21:06:00 UTC
Descriptionpasswd 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.04 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All sparc All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
26995 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for shadow SECUNIA secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1150-1 shadow DEBIAN www.debian.org
Ubuntu Linux Passwd Potential Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for shadow SECUNIA secunia.com
shadow setuid Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
usn/usn-308-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2006-08-16Mark J CoxThis issue affects the version of the passwd command from the shadow-utils package. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 4 are not vulnerable to this issue.

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