CVE-2005-3254

Publication date 18 October 2005

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

The CGIwrap program before 3.9 on Debian GNU/Linux uses an incorrect minimum value of 100 for a UID to determine whether it can perform a seteuid operation, which could allow attackers to execute code as other system UIDs that are greater than the minimum value, which should be 1000 on Debian systems.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cgiwrap 7.10 gutsy
Fixed 3.9-3.1
7.04 feisty
Fixed 3.9-3.1
6.10 edgy
Fixed 3.9-3.1
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 3.9-3.1


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