CVE-2006-3378

First published: Thu Jul 06 2006(Updated: )

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.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

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