CVE-2006-6772 (GCVE-0-2006-6772)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-27 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:42
VLAI?
Summary
Format string vulnerability in the inputAnswer function in file.c in w3m before 0.5.2, when run with the dump or backend option, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the Common Name (CN) field of an SSL certificate associated with an https URL.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2415 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosur… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5164 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://www.openpkg.com/security/advisories/OpenPK… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKG
http://w3m.cvs.sourceforge.net/w3m/w3m/file.c?r1=… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-06.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://secunia.com/advisories/23492 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/23792 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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http://secunia.com/advisories/23588 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2416 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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