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.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- complete
- Integrity
- complete
- Availability
- complete
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- UBUNTU
- Published
- 7/6/2006
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
ubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linuxubuntu : ubuntu_linux
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