Vulnerability in Gnome Gdm

CVE-2006-6105

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.

EPSS: 0.004 (32.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Gdm — versions 2.14.1, 2.16, 2.16.1
  • N/a — versions n/a

References