# CVE-2005-4796: Other in n/a

> Local users can corrupt files via clipboard handling during XView application exit in Solaris.

- **Severity:** Low 3.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 May 2006
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g62q-jrgg-f5mw

## What is CVE-2005-4796?

CVE-2005-4796 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 5 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the XView library (libxview.so) in Solaris 2.5 to 10 allows local users to corrupt files via unknown vectors related to the handling of the clipboard selection while an XView application exits.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-4796?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-2005-4796?

No fix has been published for CVE-2005-4796 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2005-4796 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris

- [CVE-2008-3869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3869/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-3870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3870/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4556/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3093](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3093/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-1081](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-1081/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2005-4796 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2005-4796 is a low-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 5 May 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2005-4796 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Solaris. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4796/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4796/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-4796
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-4796
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2005-4796

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2005-4796/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.