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CVE-2006-6495

N/A
Published: December 13, 2006 at 01:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSolarisSunos

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via large precision padding values in a format string specifier in the format parameter of the doprf function. NOTE: this issue normally does not cross privilege boundaries, except in cases of external introduction of malicious message files, or if it is leveraged with other vulnerabilities such as CVE-2006-6494.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (10)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=450
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23317
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23991
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564
VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979

CVSS

6.6MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other

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