DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6008

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6008

    Published: 21 Nov 2006Last Modified: 12 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2006-6008

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6008

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux-ftpd

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux-ftpd?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.17-23

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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