CVE-2006-6008 - ftpd in Linux Netkit (linux-ftpd) 0.17, and possibly other versions, does not check the return statu

CVE-2006-6008

Summary

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.

References

Vulnerable Configurations

cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS

Base:	6.5 (as of 05-09-2008 - 21:13)
Impact:
Exploitability:

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

CAPEC

Access

Vector	Complexity	Authentication
NETWORK	LOW	SINGLE

Impact

Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
PARTIAL	PARTIAL	PARTIAL

cvss-vector via4

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

refmap via4

confirm	http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz
gentoo	GLSA-200611-05
secunia	22816 22853

Last major update

05-09-2008 - 21:13

Published

21-11-2006 - 23:07

Last modified

05-09-2008 - 21:13