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Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in libX11

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1798

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.

Family:
unix
Status:
ACCEPTED
Platform(s):
  • Sun Solaris 8
  • Sun Solaris 10
  • Sun Solaris 9
Class:
vulnerability
Reference(s):
  • CVE-2006-4655
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