CVE-2006-0224

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0224
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-25 02:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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).

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.002160000 probability, percentile 0.442650000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libast Libast 0.4 All All All
Application Libast Libast 0.5 All All All
Application Libast Libast 0.6 All All All
Application Libast Libast 0.6.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Eterm LibAST Library Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
mandriva.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Rosiello Security - Eterm-LibAST Advisory - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
www.rosiello.org/en/read_bugs.php af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.rosiello.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-976-1 libast af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Gentoo update for libast - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - LibAST Configuration Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
LibAST: Privilege escalation (GLSA 200601-14) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
The Library of Assorted Spiffy Things – Freecode af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 freshmeat.net
www.osvdb.org/22735 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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