CVE-2005-4796

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-4796
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionUnspecified vulnerability in the XView library (libxview.so) in Solaris 2.5 to 10 allows local users to corrupt files via unknown vectors related to the handling of the clipboard selection while an XView application exits.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.5.1 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 2.6 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 7.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 9.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Sunos - All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.5.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.7 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.8 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
P-264: Possible Security Issue with XView Text Clipboard af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Patch
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch
Sun Solaris XView Local Arbitrary File Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
#100881: Possible Security Issue with XView Text Clipboard (formerly Document ID: 27525) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch
www.osvdb.org/18809 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org Patch
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