CVE-2006-1319 — 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

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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

Published Mar 20, 2006

6.2

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.48%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.48% 0.00485

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00485

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.48% (0.00485)	39.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.47% (0.00474)	37.07th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00040)	9.16th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.10% (0.00104)	44.01th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 3, 2024	0.10% (0.00104)	42.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.10% (0.00104)	40.70th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.95% (0.00950)	32.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	30.63th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	28.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.95% (0.00950)	13.46th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356016
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19323
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17179
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25419
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=356016		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19323		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17179		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25419		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 20, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Mar 19, 2006

Link CVE-2006-1319

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-1319

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-1319