Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2916: aRts: Privilege escalation
6
(AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
06/15/2006
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/29/2021
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-kde-base-arts
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-sound-beast
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