CVE-2008-5076 Information

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.\

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/504144 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/02/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/11/14/3 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32081 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46321