CVE-2006-5557 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -S argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00567.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Hp Subscribe	Hp-ux Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.11:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5542	Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -S argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://blogs.23.nu/prdelka/stories/13144/
http://osvdb.org/33993
http://osvdb.org/33994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20706
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20735
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5035
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2633
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2634

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-27T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:55:53.371Z

Reserved: 2006-10-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-5557

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-10-27T16:07:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-5557

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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