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CVE-2006-6105

Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows loc

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.00076
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Affected Products & Versions

1
gnome gdmall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

4.3
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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v2 Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD15 Dec 2006 · 02:28 AM
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Vendor Advisories

1
usnUSN-396-1
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23381
http://secunia.com/advisories/23385
http://secunia.com/advisories/23387
http://secunia.com/advisories/23409
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