| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-1217 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux-ftpd (PTS) | bullseye | 0.17-36.2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 0.17-37 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-ftpd | source | sarge | 0.17-20sarge2 | DSA-1217 | ||
| linux-ftpd | source | (unstable) | 0.17-23 |