Buffer overflow in Library of Assorted Spiffy Things (LibAST) 0.6.1 and earlier, as used in Eterm and possibly other software, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as the utmp user via a long -X command line argument (alternative configuration file name).
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24303
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0314
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423366/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423207/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423088/100/0/threaded
http://www.rosiello.org/en/read_bugs.php?id=25
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:029
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-14.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-976
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/373
http://secunia.com/advisories/18916
http://secunia.com/advisories/18632
http://secunia.com/advisories/18586
http://freshmeat.net/projects/libast/?branch_id=17907&release_id=217840