Vulnerability in Gnome Gconf
CVE-2006-6698
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.
EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Gnome Gconf — versions 2.14.0
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
- cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit)