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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-3378
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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2006-3378

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA20966
  Secunia Advisory: SA20950
  Secunia Advisory: SA21480

OSVDB
  26995

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150

BID
  18850


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