PT-2006-5440 · X.Org · X-Window-System

Adriano Lima + 1 · Published 2006-09-09 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-4655

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier

Description A buffer overflow issue exists in the Strcmp function within the XKEYBOARD extension. This allows local users to potentially gain privileges by exploiting a long XKB CHARSET environment variable value.

Recommendations For X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, consider restricting access to the XKEYBOARD extension as a temporary workaround until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-4655

Affected Products

X-Window-System

References · 20

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2331 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2330 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2332 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2360 · Exploit
• http://risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102570-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-4655 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21815 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1798 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/19905 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21845 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3529 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21856 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28820 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3525 · Note