CVE-2006-1319 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can escalate privileges to root via chpst in runit on specific Debian builds due to improper gid_t handling.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-1319?
CVE-2006-1319 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
chpst in runit 1.3.3-1 for Debian GNU/Linux, when compiled on little endian i386 machines against dietlibc, does not properly handle when multiple groups are specified in the -u option, which causes chpst to assign permissions for the root group due to inconsistent bit sizes for the gid_t type.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1319?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Runit Runit.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1319?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2006-1319 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1319 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1319, GHSA-x9xg-w9rc-3hxx.