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libast — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0224

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).

Products
libast
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.7-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-0224
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:18 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0224

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jan 2006, 02:03 UTC

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).

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0224

libast

Fixed versions: 0.7-1

libast

Fixed versions: 0.7-1

libast

Fixed versions: 0.7-1

Complete source record
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      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:31.342292580Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410754,
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