CVE-2006-3378 Affecting shadow package, versions <1:4.0.14-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-SHADOW-5695801
  • published6 Jul 2006
  • disclosed6 Jul 2006

Introduced: 6 Jul 2006

CVE-2006-3378  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 shadow to version 1:4.0.14-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream shadow package and not the shadow package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

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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