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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-07-06T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:23:21.269Z

Reserved: 2006-07-06T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-3378

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2006-07-06T20:05:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T21:06:57.297

Link: CVE-2006-3378

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