Debian/shadow: unknown

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 privilege

Action: Upgrade shadow to 1:4.0.14-1 or later.

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-3378#Debian:14/shadow
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3378

published 2006-07-06T20:05:00Z · modified 2026-10-22T23:47:19.675403830Z · JSON