CVE-2006-2194

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

The winbind plugin in pppd for ppp 2.4.4 and earlier does not check the return code from the setuid function call, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail, such as exceeding PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, which prevents the winbind NTLM authentication helper from dropping privileges.

The winbind plugin in pppd for ppp 2.4.4 and earlier does not check the return code from the setuid function call, which might allow local users to gain privileges by causing setuid to fail, such as exceeding PAM limits for the maximum number of user processes, which prevents the winbind NTLM authentication helper from dropping privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 18 years ago

2006-07-05 18:05:00

Last updated 4 years ago

2020-02-24 15:55:00

Affected Software

Point-to-Point Protocol Project Point-to-Point Protocol

References

20963

20967

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20987

Patch, Vendor Advisory

20996

Patch, Vendor Advisory

DSA-1106

Patch, Vendor Advisory

MDKSA-2006:119

26994

18849

Patch

USN-310-1

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