CVE-2006-2539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00065.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sybase	Easerver

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sybase:easerver:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sybase:easerver:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sybase:easerver:5.3:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2539	Sybase EAServer 5.0 for HP-UX Itanium, 5.2 for IBM AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86, and Sun Solaris SPARC, and 5.3 for Sun Solaris SPARC does not properly protect passwords when they are being entered via the GUI, which allows local users to obtain the cleartext passwords via the getSelectedText function in javax.swing.JPasswordField component.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/20145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18036
http://www.sybase.com/detail?id=1040665
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1869
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26567

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-22T23:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.618Z

Reserved: 2006-05-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2539

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-05-22T23:10:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2006-2539

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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