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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2006-2916 Detail

Description

artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions, does not check the return value of the setuid function call, which allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Evaluator Solution

Product is only vulnerable when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0 or later versions. Vendor links provide patches for each affected version.

Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (08/16/2006)

Not vulnerable. We do not ship aRts as setuid root on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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Hyperlink Resource
http://dot.kde.org/1150310128/ Not Applicable 
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html Mailing List 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016298 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.468256 Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml Third Party Advisory 
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txt Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:107 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html Broken Link 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437362/100/0/threaded Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18429 Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697 Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2357 Broken Link 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409 Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27221 Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-273 Improper Check for Dropped Privileges cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2916
NVD Published Date:
06/15/2006
NVD Last Modified:
01/20/2024
Source:
MITRE