CVE-2006-0196

Public Exploit

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Serial line sniffer (aka slsnif) 0.4.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a long value of the HOME environment variable, possibly because of a buffer overflow.

4.6

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.08%

Third-Party Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421583/100/0/threaded	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24082	vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0212	vdb entry
http://shellcoders.com/sintigan/slsnif-ploit.pl	exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/18497	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-0196?: CVE-2006-0196 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-0196?: To fix CVE-2006-0196, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-0196 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-0196 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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