FKIE_CVE-2006-4655

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-09-09 00:04 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:29
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21815
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21845
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21856
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21993
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txtVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txtVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sco unixware 7.1.3
sun solaris 8.0
sun solaris 8.0
sun solaris 9.0
sun solaris 9.0
sun solaris 10.0
sun solaris 10.0
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