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CVE-2006-5556

Published: Oct 27, 2006

Modified: Aug 7, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Buffer overflow in the localtime_r function, and certain other functions, in libc in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ environment variable.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

2636
exploit
x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
hpux-timezone-bo(29777)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
20718
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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