CVE-2006-6698

Severity: low (CVSS 1.9 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: yes
Published: 2006-12-22 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

GNOME Gconf: 2.14.0

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
http://secunia.com/advisories/23452
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
http://secunia.com/advisories/23452
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21762
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148

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