CVE-2006-6418: Buffer Overflow
First published: Sun Dec 10 2006(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| HP Tru64 | =4.0f-pk8 | |
| HP Tru64 | =5.1a-pk6 | |
| HP Tru64 | =4.0g-pk4 |
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Reference Links
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017211
- http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22743
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035
- http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
- collector/nvd-historical
- vendor/hp
- product/tru64
- canonical/hp tru64
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- version/hp tru64/4.0f-pk8
- version/hp tru64/5.1a-pk6
- version/hp tru64/4.0g-pk4