FKIE_CVE-2006-6418
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-12-10 11:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:33
Severity
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.
References
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"lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:33:05.627",
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