CVE-2006-6693

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    CVE-2006-6693

    Published: 21 Dec 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/22313, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3959, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=391388, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi/zabbix.security.patch?bug=391388%3Bmsg=5%3Batt=1, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20416

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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