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CVE-2006-6105

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
15/12/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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