National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-1515

Overview

Buffer overflow in the addnewword function in typespeed 0.4.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: DEBIAN

Name: DSA-1084

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1084

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20393

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20393

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-2087

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2087

External Source: BID

Name: 18194

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18194

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20379

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20379

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200606-20

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 20708

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/20708