PT-2006-6743 · Gnome Foundation · Gdm

Published 2006-12-15 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-6105

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) (affected versions not specified)

Description A format string issue in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) of 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.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6105

Affected Products

Gdm

References · 16

• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231 · Vendor Advisory
• http://novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320 · Patch
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6105 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21597 · Patch
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23385 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23409 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23387 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30848 · Note
• http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383 · Note