CVE-2006-6698 | BDVDB-2026-21116 Detail

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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

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

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12006-12-22Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.