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CVE-2006-6698

The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating the directories ahead of time, which prevents other users from using Gnome.

Published

2006-12-22T18:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 1.9 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	gconf	2.14.0	Yes

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030 Exploit ([email protected])
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279 Exploit ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23452 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148 ([email protected])
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279 Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23452 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)