CVE-2006-4655

Summary

CVECVE-2006-4655
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-09-09 00:04:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:38:00 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3 All All All
Operating System Sco Unixware 7.1.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All sparc 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 Solaris 10.0 All sparc All
Operating System Sun Solaris 10.0 All x86 All
Operating System Sun Solaris 8.0 All sparc 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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Unixware libX11 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
X11 "_XKB_CHARSET" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Sun Solaris libX11 Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityReason - X11R6 XKEYBOARD extension Strcmp() buffer overflow SREASON securityreason.com
X.Org X Window Server LibX11 XKEYBOARD Extension Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
ASA-2006-195 (SUN 102570, 102609) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Avaya CMS Sun Solaris libX11 Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - X11R6 XKEYBOARD Extension Buffer Overflow Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
#102570: Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libX11 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
RISE Security MISC www.risesecurity.org Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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