Description
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
Affected products
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References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19905 ↗
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/445579/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016806 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21856 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21815 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21993 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1545 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21845 ↗
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820 ↗