CVE-2006-6494
First published: Wed Dec 13 2006(Updated: )
Directory traversal vulnerability in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable that points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Sun SunOS | =5.8 | |
| Sun Solaris | =10.0 | |
| Sun Solaris | =9.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23317
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121
- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/weakness
- agent/author
- agent/references
- agent/severity
- agent/type
- agent/description
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/remedy
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/sun
- canonical/sun sunos
- version/sun sunos/5.8
- canonical/sun solaris
- version/sun solaris/10.0
- version/sun solaris/9.0