FKIE_CVE-2006-6692

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-12-21 21:28 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:33
Severity
Summary
Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22313
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22313
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
zabbix zabbix 1.1.2
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