CVE-2006-6105

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2006-6105 · Published 15/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6105 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting gdm (gnome).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gdm gnome	`= 2.14.1= 2.16= 2.16.1= 2.16.2`	No fix yet

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.

References

ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news
labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/23381
secunia.com/advisories/23385
secunia.com/advisories/23387
secunia.com/advisories/23409
securitytracker.com/id · Patch
securitytracker.com/id
mandriva.com/security/advisories
novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
osvdb.org/30848
securityfocus.com/bid/21597 · Patch
ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1
vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896

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