VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2006-4655
Buffer 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.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.90%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.90%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.90% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sco/unixware · sun/solaris
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txtVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.