CVE-2006-2064 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 27 Apr 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Local attackers can exploit libpkcs11 flaws to gain privileges or crash applications via non-reentrant functions.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2006-2064?

CVE-2006-2064 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 27 Apr 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the libpkcs11 library in Sun Solaris 10 might allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (application failure) via unknown attack vectors that involve the getpwnam family of non-reentrant functions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2064?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sun Solaris.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2064?

No fix has been published for CVE-2006-2064 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2006-2064 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2064 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Sun Solaris vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-q37p-9wm4-6hqr.