CVE-2006-6105

Published: 15 December 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.

Priority

Status

Package	Release	Status
gdm Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian	dapper	Released (2.14.10-0ubuntu1.1)
	edgy	Released (2.16.1-0ubuntu4.1)
	feisty	Released (2.18.1-0ubuntu1)
	upstream	Needs triage

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-396-1
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-6105
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

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