High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 15, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2916
CVE-2006-2916
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.
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References
23- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txtnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18429nvdBroken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- secunia.com/advisories/20677nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20786nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20827nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20868nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20899nvdBroken LinkVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- slackware.com/security/viewer.phpnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437362/100/0/threadednvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27221nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- dot.kde.org/1150310128/nvdNot Applicable
- mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing List
- secunia.com/advisories/25032nvdBroken Link
- secunia.com/advisories/25059nvdBroken Link
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.htmlnvdBroken Link
- www.osvdb.org/26506nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2357nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409nvdBroken Link
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