| Name | CVE-2005-0086 |
| Description | Heap-based buffer overflow in less in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, as demonstrated using the UTF-8 locale. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| less (PTS) | buster | 487-0.1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 551-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 590-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 590-2.1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| less | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- less <not-affected> (Red Hat specific less bug)