CVE-2006-6008

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6008
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-21 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionftpd in Linux Netkit (linux-ftpd) 0.17, and possibly other versions, does not check the return status of certain seteuid, setgid, and setuid calls, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges if these calls fail in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5778.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netkit Netkit 0.17 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Bug 150292 - net-ftp/ftpd - incorrect seteuid call makes it possible to access others files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Patch
#384454 - ftpd: Does not handle symlink? NFS? home directory - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Patch
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.debian.org Patch
Linux NetKit FTP Server Information Disclosure and Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Netkit FTP Server: Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for ftpd - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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