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CVE-2006-0224

Published: Jan 25, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0224
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Buffer overflow in Library of Assorted Spiffy Things (LibAST) 0.6.1 and earlier, as used in Eterm and possibly other software, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as the utmp user via a long -X command line argument (alternative configuration file name).

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
LibastLibast0.4 (including)0.4 (including)
LibastLibast0.5 (including)0.5 (including)
LibastLibast0.6 (including)0.6 (including)
LibastLibast0.6.1 (including)0.6.1 (including)
LibastUbuntudapper*
LibastUbuntudevel*
LibastUbuntuedgy*
LibastUbuntufeisty*

References

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