PT-2006-6271 · Gnu+1 · Libc+1

Prdelka · Published 2006-10-27 · Updated 2017-10-19 · CVE-2006-5556

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: HP-UX versions B.11.11

Description: A buffer overflow issue exists in the localtime r function and certain other functions in libc, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ environment variable.

Recommendations: For HP-UX version B.11.11, update the libc library to a version that fixes the buffer overflow issue in the localtime r function. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the length of the TZ environment variable to prevent exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5556

Affected Products

Hp-Ux

Libc

References · 5

• 🔥 http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/2636 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/20718 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5556 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29777 · Note