Security Advisory

CVE-2008-5076

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2008-11-14 18:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-07 10:40:16
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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."