CVE-2006-6693 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-6693?

CVE-2006-6693 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Zabbix Zabbix, published on 21 Dec 2006. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple buffer overflows in zabbix before 20061006 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long strings to the (1) zabbix_log and (2) zabbix_syslog functions.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6693?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Zabbix Zabbix.

How do I fix CVE-2006-6693?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-6693 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-6693 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6693, GHSA-v49g-5qr7-mhrh.