CVE-2006-4655
N/A
Published: September 9, 2006 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisUnixware
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (15)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htmQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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