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CVE-2006-6296 (GCVE-0-2006-6296)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-05 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
Summary
The RpcGetPrinterData function in the Print Spooler (spoolsv.exe) service in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4 and earlier, and possibly Windows XP SP1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via an RPC request that specifies a large 'offered' value (output buffer size), a variant of CVE-2005-3644.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1017330 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://research.eeye.com/html/alerts/zeroday/2005… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21401 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://secunia.com/advisories/23196 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.eeye.com/Resources/Security-Center/Res… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2879 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/914617 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4827 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Date Public
2006-12-01 00:00
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