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

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.06% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN8-SHADOW-306260
  • published 6 Jul 2006
  • disclosed 6 Jul 2006
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Introduced: 6 Jul 2006

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:8 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:8 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

8.4 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Local
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    High