Name: CVE-2006-5557: Undefined Security Weakness
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2006-10-27T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2006-5557, CVSS 5.3, EPSS 0.00567

Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) swpackage and (2) swmodify commands in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -S argument. NOTE: this might be a duplicate of CVE-2006-2574, but the details relating to CVE-2006-2574 are too vague to be certain.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 5.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Hpux	—	Update SW-DIST.SD-CMDS to the latest versionApply patch PHCO_34568 from HPApply patch PHCO_34539 from HPApply patch PHCO_34814 from HP	Aug 11, 2017	Oct 27, 2006

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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