CVE-2006-4655

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Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO

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 · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00649

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Affected Products & Versions

sco unixwareall versions

sun solarisall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

localX11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (Solaris/SPARC) - Local Buffer Overflow (2)verified
localX11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (sco x86) - Local Buffer Overflowverified
localX11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (solaris x86) - Local Buffer Overflowverified
localX11R6 < 6.4 XKEYBOARD (Solaris/SPARC) - Local Buffer Overflow (1)verified

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Scoring & Timeline

4.6

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

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

Published to NVD09 Sep 2006 · 12:04 AM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

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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

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