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CVE-2006-3378

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
06/07/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.04:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

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