PT-2006-7299 · Gnome · Gconf

Lubomir Kundrak · Published 2006-12-22 · Updated 2011-03-08 · CVE-2006-6698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

1.9

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: GConf version 2.14.0

Description: The issue allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating directories ahead of time, preventing other users from using Gnome. This occurs because the GConf daemon creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username.

Recommendations: For GConf version 2.14.0, consider setting the GCONF GLOBAL LOCKS environment variable to prevent the creation of temporary files under user-based directories as a temporary workaround. Restrict access to the directories where temporary files are created to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6698

Affected Products

Gconf

References · 6

• 🔥 http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6698 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23452 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/21762 · Note