CVE-2006-6105

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-15 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

GNOME gdm: 2.14.1, 2.16, 2.16.1, 2.16.2

References

http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453
http://secunia.com/advisories/23381
http://secunia.com/advisories/23385
http://secunia.com/advisories/23387
http://secunia.com/advisories/23409
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/30848
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21597

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