Debian Security Advisory DSA 675-1 (hztty)

The remote host is missing an update to hztty announced via advisory DSA 675-1. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: deb6751.nasl 6616 2017-07-07 12:10:49Z cfischer $ Description: Auto-generated from advisory DSA 675-1 Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2007 E-Soft Inc...

CVE-2005-0019

Unknown vulnerability in hztty 2.0 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands...

CVE-2005-0019

CVE-2005-0019 describes a local privilege-escalation vulnerability in hztty (hztty 2.0 and earlier) where an attacker can trigger arbitrary commands with utmp group privileges. Debian advisory DSA-675-1 (and related Debian security notes) states this was fixed in hztty 2.0-5.2woody2 for the stabl...