CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-5076
4.6 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-11-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
htop 0.7 writes process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes, modify arbitrary files, or have unspecified other impact via a process name with "crazy control strings."
Affected configurations
• htop htop 0.7
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/504144 Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://bugs.debian.org/504144 Exploit
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081 www.securityfocus.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com