CVE-2006-6008 | BDVDB-2026-20403 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454
- 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://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.