PT-2006-1056 · Kde · Arts

CVE-2006-2916 · Published 2006-06-15 · Updated 2024-01-21

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: aRts versions prior to 3.5.2-r1

Description: The issue allows local users to gain root privileges by causing the setuid function to fail, preventing artsd from dropping privileges. This can be exploited by authenticated local users, potentially leading to confidentiality, integrity, and availability breaches of protected information.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 3.5.2-r1, update to version 3.5.2-r1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the setuid functionality in artswrapper until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-273

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-09515

CVE-2006-2916

Affected Products

Arts

References · 27

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/18429 · Patch
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:107 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20827 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20677 · Vendor Advisory
• http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.468256 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-09515 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20868 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20899 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2916 · Security Note
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-22.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-22.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_38_security.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20786 · Vendor Advisory
• http://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060614-2.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/437362/100/0/threaded · Note