CVE-2006-3378

published 2006-07-06

CVE-2006-3378: 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…

high 7.2 CVSS 3.1

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.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	shadow	< shadow 1:4.0.14-1 (bookworm)	shadow 1:4.0.14-1 (bookworm)
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-1	1:4.0.14-1
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-1	1:4.0.14-1
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-1	1:4.0.14-1
shadow_project	shadow	>= 0 < 1:4.0.14-1	1:4.0.14-1
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	—	—
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	—	—
ubuntu	ubuntu_linux	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

osv 7.2 HIGH