CVE-2006-2480

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2480
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-19 21:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:41:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-134

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Dia Dia 0.94 All All All
Application Dia Dia 0.94 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
25699 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Ubuntu update for dia - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt MISC kandangjamur.net Exploit
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for dia - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Dia: Format string vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
Dia Filename Remote Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for dia - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus VULN-DEV www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for dia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Dia Format String Bugs May Let Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
USN-286-1: Dia vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug 342111 – message format string vulnerability CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org Exploit
Dia Multiple Format String Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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