CVE-2008-3229

Publication date 18 July 2008

Last updated 17 July 2025


Ubuntu priority

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in op before Changeset 563, when xauth support is enabled, allows local users to gain privileges via a long XAUTHORITY environment variable.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
op 8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release


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