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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6495
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CVE-2006-6495

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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30848

SUNALERT
  http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1

ST
  1017376

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA23317
  Secunia Advisory: SA23991

OVAL
  http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1909

IDEFENSE
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=450

CONFIRM
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm

BID
  21564


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