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CVE-2006-2916
artswrapper in aRts, when running setuid root on Linux 2.6.0...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20899
- http://www.osvdb.org/26506
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:107
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016298
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20868
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/437362/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20786
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20677
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23697
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25059
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27221
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20827
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25032
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txt
- http://mail.gnome.org/archives/beast/2006-December/msg00025.html
- http://dot.kde.org/1150310128/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18429
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.468256
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
arts
Vulnerable Versions:
1.0, 1.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 15th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.