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linux-ftpd — security advisory
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.
- Products
- linux-ftpd
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0.17-23
- CVEs
- CVE-2006-6008
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 20:09 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6008
linux-ftpd
Fixed versions: 0.17-23
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6008",
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"summary": "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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"modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:19.625126662Z",
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2006-11-21T23:07:00+00:00"
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