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CVE-2006-6105
Published: Dec 15, 2006
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
23385
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
23387
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
ADV-2006-5015
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
23409
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1017383
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
1017320
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
30848
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
gdmchooser-host-chooser-format-string(30896)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
21597
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
23381
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
20061214 GNOME Foundation Display Manager gdmchooser Format String Vulnerability
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_IDEFENSE
SUSE-SR:2006:029
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
MDKSA-2006:231
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news
x_refsource_CONFIRM
USN-396-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
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