The winbind plugin in pppd for ppp 2.4.4 and earlier does not check the return code from the setuid function call, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail, such as exceeding PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, which prevents the winbind NTLM authentication helper from dropping privileges.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published: 2006-07-05T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:43:28.569Z

Reserved: 2006-05-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2194

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-07-05T18:05:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-21T00:10:46.023

Link: CVE-2006-2194

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