CVE-2006-4842

NameCVE-2006-4842
DescriptionThe Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR) API 4.6.1 and 4.6.2, as used in Sun Solaris 10, trusts user-specified environment variables for specifying log files even when running from setuid programs, which allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs405062

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xulrunnersource(unstable)1.8.0.9-1low405062

Notes

[sarge] - mozilla <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
could not find setuid binary in sid, but evolution-data-server has a setgid mail binary
see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=351470

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