CVE-2006-6008

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Published Nov 21, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed

Description

ftpd 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.

Affected Products

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Version	Status	Constraints
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Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5991	ftpd 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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.1% (2.061% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz
http://secunia.com/advisories/22816
http://secunia.com/advisories/22853
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml

History

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Netkit Netkit

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:00 PM
Updated: Sep 16, 2024, 6:34 PM
Reserved: Nov 21, 2006, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 21, 2006, 11:07 PM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM

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