CVE-2006-3378
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3378
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2006-3378.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2006-3378
- Downstream
- Published
- 2006-07-06T20:05:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:37:36.864611Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
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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