CVE-2006-4655

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-09-09

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Unixware (Sco)
• Solaris (Sun)

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21815
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21845
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21856
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21993
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm
• http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798