CVE-2006-6698
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 22, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 22, 2006
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 23452third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-5148vdb-entry
- 21762vdb-entry
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030
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