Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6008
CVE-2006-6008
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.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:netkit:netkit:0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: 0.17
Patches
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References
6- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdPatch
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gznvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/22816nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22853nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
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