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CVE-2006-6495

Severity Medium
Score 6.6/10

Summary

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.

  • MEDIUM
  • LOCAL
  • SINGLE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

  • Published