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CVE-2006-6008

Published: Nov 21, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
6.5MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.0%
Top 20.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:SC:PI:PA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:PConfidentiality
Partial
I:PIntegrity
Partial
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

netkit
oss-projectaka linux netkit
netkitOn-prem
Networking Infrastructure / network-management
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

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