CVE-2006-6418
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-10 11:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:26
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22743Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017211
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
cve@mitre.orghttp://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22743Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017211
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4483Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30178
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