CVE-2006-3378 Information

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.

Reference

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