CVE-2006-2916
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jun 15, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 8, 2006
Description
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- ADV-2006-2357vdb-entry
- 20899third-party-advisory
- 26506vdb-entry
- MDKSA-2006:107vendor-advisory
- 1016298vdb-entry
- GLSA-200606-22vendor-advisory
- 20868third-party-advisory
- 20060615 rPSA-2006-0105-1 artsmailing-list
- 20786third-party-advisory
- GLSA-200704-22vendor-advisory
- ADV-2007-0409vdb-entry
- 20677third-party-advisory
- 23697vdb-entry
- 25059third-party-advisory
- arts-artwrapper-privilege-escalation(27221)vdb-entry
- 20827third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2006:015vendor-advisory
- 25032third-party-advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txt
- [beast] 20061228 ANNOUNCE: BEAST/BSE v0.7.1mailing-list
- http://dot.kde.org/1150310128/
- 18429vdb-entry
- SSA:2006-178-03vendor-advisory
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