Buffer overflow in Hp Tru64
CVE-2006-6418
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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.005 (41.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Hp Tru64 — versions 4.0f, 4.0g, 5.1a
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)