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CVE-2006-3378

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-07-06 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References