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CVE-2006-6008 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 CVEPatch
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292 CVEPatch
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz CVEPatch
http://secunia.com/advisories/22816 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22853 CVEPatchVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-OtherWeakness Not in a Standard CWE Category[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
netkit netkit
0.17

CPE

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

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-6008
NVD Published Date:
Nov 21, 2006
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2006-6008 Details - Not Deferred