CVE-2006-6692 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog.

Published: 2006-12-21

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 6.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:zabbix:zabbix:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6675	Multiple format string vulnerabilities in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in information that would be recorded in the system log using (1) zabbix_log or (2) zabbix_syslog.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.05993.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388
http://secunia.com/advisories/22313
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959

History

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Subscriptions

Zabbix Zabbix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-21T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:34:00.541Z

Reserved: 2006-12-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6692

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-21T21:28:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-6692

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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