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3 vulnerabilities found for portable_runtime_api by netscape

FKIE_CVE-2006-4842

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-12 00:07 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22348Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102658-1
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=418Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22348Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017050
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af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448691/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29489
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1819
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45433/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
netscape portable_runtime_api 4.6.1
netscape portable_runtime_api 4.6.2
sun solaris 10.0

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CVE-2006-4842 (GCVE-0-2006-4842)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
VLAI?
Summary
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20471 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4016 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabili… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetk… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
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Show details on NVD website

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CVE-2006-4842 (GCVE-0-2006-4842)

Vulnerability from nvd – Published: 2006-10-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:23
VLAI?
Summary
The Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Show details on NVD website

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