CVE-2006-0224

Publication date 25 January 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

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).

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libast 7.04 feisty
Fixed 0.6-0pre2003010606.1ubuntu4
6.10 edgy
Fixed 0.6-0pre2003010606.1ubuntu4
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 0.6-0pre2003010606.1ubuntu4