PT-2006-7098 · Sun · Sun Solaris

Published 2006-12-13 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-2006-6494

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing local users to execute arbitrary code. This is achieved by using a .. (dot dot) sequence in the LANG environment variable, which points to a locale file containing attacker-controlled format string specifiers.

Recommendations For Sun Solaris versions 8 through 10, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6494

Affected Products

Sun Solaris

References · 9

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=449 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6494 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017376 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4979 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23317 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21564 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30849 · Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102724-1 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2121 · Note