This bug was fixed in the package htop - 0.6.6+svn20070915-1ubuntu0.2
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htop (0.6.6+svn20070915-1ubuntu0.2) hardy-security; urgency=low
* SECURITY UPDATE: Insufficient character filters in htop when displaying
commands allowed programs that rewrite their program name to inject
escape sequences. (LP: #299627)
- CVE-2008-5076
- Patch taken from upstream svn rev 148; applied inline.
-- Andreas Wenning <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 17:43:47 +0200
** Changed in: htop (Ubuntu Hardy)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
** Changed in: htop (Ubuntu Intrepid)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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[CVE-2008-5076] htop does not filter non-printable characters in process names
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/299627
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