CVE-2006-2480

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2004-05-10
Bugzilla:
1618109: CVE-2006-2480 security flaw

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.

Find out more about CVE-2006-2480 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (dia) RHSA-2006:0541 2006-06-01

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