Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 25, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-0224
CVE-2006-0224
Description
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).
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References
16- www.rosiello.org/en/read_bugs.phpnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/16350nvdExploit
- freshmeat.net/projects/libast/nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18586nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18632nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/18916nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/373nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-976nvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-14.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/22735nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423088/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423207/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423366/100/0/threadednvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0314nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24303nvd
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