CVE-2006-3378

CVE-2006-3378 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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