CVE-2006-6418 (GCVE-0-2006-6418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-10 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:26
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HP
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-L… x_refsource_MISC
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017211 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://secunia.com/advisories/22743 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-11-13 00:00
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