ftpd in Linux Netkit (linux-ftpd) 0.17, and possibly other versions, does not check the return status of certain seteuid, setgid, and setuid calls, which might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges if these calls fail in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5778.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-21T23:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:34:27.443Z

Reserved: 2006-11-21T00:00:00Z

Link: CVE-2006-6008

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2006-11-21T23:07:00.000

Modified: 2008-09-05T21:13:39.197

Link: CVE-2006-6008

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