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CVE-2006-6105

Published: Dec 15, 2006 | Modified: Jul 20, 2017
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
UNTRIAGED
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6105
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a hostname, which are used in an error dialog.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Gdm Gnome 2.14.1 (including) 2.14.1 (including)
Gdm Gnome 2.16 (including) 2.16 (including)
Gdm Gnome 2.16.1 (including) 2.16.1 (including)
Gdm Gnome 2.16.2 (including) 2.16.2 (including)
Gdm Ubuntu dapper *
Gdm Ubuntu devel *
Gdm Ubuntu edgy *
Gdm Ubuntu feisty *

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