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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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Affected products

5
  • Libast/Libast5 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:libast:libast:0.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <=0.6.1

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