CVE-2006-5601

Publication date 28 October 2006

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the eap_do_notify function in eap.c in xsupplicant before 1.2.6, and possibly other versions, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
xsupplicant 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty Not in release
8.10 intrepid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 1.2.4.dfsg.1-3
7.10 gutsy
Fixed 1.2.4.dfsg.1-3
7.04 feisty
Fixed 1.2.4.dfsg.1-3
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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