Description
Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.
References
- SSRT061222 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2006-4483 vdb-entry
- http://www.netragard.com/pdfs/research/HP-TRU64-LIBPTHREAD-20060811.txt
- 1017211 vdb-entry
- 22743 third-party-advisory
- hptru64-libpthread-bo(30178) vdb-entry
- 21035 vdb-entry