Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 13, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2006-0196

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Serial line sniffer (aka slsnif) 0.4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a long value of the HOME environment variable, possibly because of a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Serial Line Sniffer/Serial Line Sniffer
cpe:2.3:a:serial_line_sniffer:serial_line_sniffer:0.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

shellcoders.com/sintigan/slsnif-ploit.plnvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/18497nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421583/100/0/threadednvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0212nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24082nvd

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