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CVE-2006-6698

CVE information

Published

17 years ago

Last Modified

13 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
1.9/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gconf:2.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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