# CVE-2006-2064: Privilege escalation in n/a

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

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Apr 2006
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q37p-9wm4-6hqr

## 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: 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.

## 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-2006-2064 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-2064 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-2006-2064/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2064/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2064
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2064
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-2064

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-2064/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.