CVE-2006-6008
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.06% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-11-21 23:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:34Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-11-21
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 922b79b0c12709233c8b824a2d6b6c26130444abfa9ef5822eeb3574ac7e324c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-05http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-05.xml
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=384454
- ftp.debian.orghttp://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-ftpd/linux-ftpd_0.17-22.diff.gz
- secunia.com22816http://secunia.com/advisories/22816
- secunia.com22853http://secunia.com/advisories/22853
- bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150292
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- linux-ftpd Fixed in 0.17-23
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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