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CVE-2006-6105

Date: December 14, 2006

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.

Severity Score

5.3

Related Resources (18)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21597

Url: http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6105

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23381

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23409

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1

Url: http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383

Url: http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-6105

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231

Url: http://www.osvdb.org/30848

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23385

Url: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/23387

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-6105

Severity Score

5.3

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.3
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	LOW
Integrity (I):	LOW
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	PARTIAL
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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