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CVE-2006-5557

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.6 Published: 2006-10-27 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Hp Hp-Ux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References