Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xsupplicant (MDKSA-2006:189)

Yannick Van Osselaer discovered a stack overflow in Xsupplicant, which could potentially be exploited by a remote, authenticated user to gain root priviledges. Additional code cleanups to fix potential memory leaks are also included. Updated packages have been patched to correct this issue...

CVE-2006-5602

CVE-2006-5602 refers to multiple memory leaks in xsupplicant before 1.2.6 (and possibly other versions) that can lead to a denial of service through memory consumption. The connected documents consistently identify the affected component as xsupplicant and describe the issue as memory leaks causi...