CVE-2006-6008

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6008
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-21 23:07:00 UTC
Updated2008-09-05 21:13:00 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Netkit Netkit 0.17 All All All
Application Netkit Netkit 0.17 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found CONFIRM ftp.debian.org Patch
Linux NetKit FTP Server Information Disclosure and Privilege Escalation - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Bug 150292 - net-ftp/ftpd - incorrect seteuid call makes it possible to access others files CONFIRM bugs.gentoo.org Patch
Gentoo update for ftpd - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
#384454 - ftpd: Does not handle symlink? NFS? home directory - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Netkit FTP Server: Privilege escalation GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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