CVE-2006-3378

EPSS 0.06%

shadow - programming error

Published: 7/6/2006Modified: 4/28/2026

Description

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 packages (2)

References (1)