CVE-2006-6418

CVE-2006-6418 refers to a buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX, affecting 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6. The vulnerability arises from a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable and allows local users to gain root privileges. This is a local-privilege-esca...