CVE DATABASE / CVE-2006-2480
CVE-2006-2480
CVSS 5.1 · MEDIUM
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 5.1 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | HIGH |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Dia dia
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References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111
- http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20254
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20422
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20513
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25699
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded
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