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CVE-2006-6495 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=450	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23317	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23991	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30848	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1909	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1	CVE	Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979	CVE
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=450	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23317	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23991	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30848	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1909	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1	[email protected]	Patch
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21564	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sun solaris	9.0 10.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc::::: cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0::sparc::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
sun sunos	5.8
CPE cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 13, 2006	Initial Analysis	[email protected]