>> Fedora Security Update Fixes htop Process Name Handling Vulnerability
Title : Fedora Security Update Fixes htop Process Name Handling Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-3202 CVE ID : CVE-2008-5076
Rated as : Low Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2008-11-20
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Fedora, which could be exploited by local attackers to bypass security restrictions. This issue is caused due to htop writing process names to a terminal without sanitizing non-printable characters, which might allow local users to hide processes or modify arbitrary files.
