CVE-2006-0224

NameCVE-2006-0224
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).
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-976-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libast (PTS)bookworm, bullseye0.7-9fixed
sid, trixie0.7-11fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libastsourcesarge0.6-0pre2003010606sarge1DSA-976-1
libastsource(unstable)0.7-1
libast1sourcewoody0.4-3woody2DSA-976-1

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