CVE-2006-6495

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.6
Exploit probability—
ProductSun Solaris
PublishedDec 13, 2006
First seenDec 13, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
sun solaris9.0, 10.0—
sun sunos5.8—

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