CVE-2006-2916

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2006-2916 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. We do not ship aRts as setuid root on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

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