CVE-2006-2916

A vulnerability was found in artswrapper in aRts. When running a setuid root, it does not check the return value of the setuid function call. This flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by causing setuid to fail, which prevents artsd from dropping privileges.

Mitigation

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.