CVE-2006-3378

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-06 · updated 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 products

Ubuntu Linux: 5.04, 5.10, 6.06_lts

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20950
http://secunia.com/advisories/20966
http://secunia.com/advisories/21480
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150
http://www.osvdb.org/26995
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18850
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-308-1
http://secunia.com/advisories/20950
http://secunia.com/advisories/20966
http://secunia.com/advisories/21480
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1150
http://www.osvdb.org/26995

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