CVE-2006-6105

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6105
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-15 02:28:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:34:00 UTC
DescriptionFormat 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.2 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.14.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.1 All All All
Application Gnome Gdm 2.16.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ubuntu update for gdm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
GNOME Display Manager Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
30848 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news CONFIRM ftp.acc.umu.se
Mandriva update for gdm - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
GNOME Structured File Library ole_init_info() Heap Overflow Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK securitytracker.com Patch
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
usn/usn-396-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
GNOME Display Manager GDMChooser Local Format String Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
20061214 GNOME Foundation Display Manager gdmchooser Format String Vulnerability IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com Vendor Advisory
GNOME Foundation Display Manager "gdmchooser" Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxNot vulnerable. This flaw was first introduced in gdm version 2.14. Therefore these issues did not affect the earlier versions of gdm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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