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eterm: buffer overflow

Package(s):eterm CVE #(s):
Created:June 9, 2003 Updated:June 12, 2003
Description: "bazarr" discovered that eterm is vulnerable to a buffer overflow of the ETERMPATH environment variable. This bug can be exploited to gain the privileges of the group "utmp" on a system where eterm is installed.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-309-2 2003-06-06
Debian DSA-309-1 2003-06-06
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