CVE-2006-6418

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.

Date published : 2006-12-10

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21035

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=c00800193