CVE-2006-6105 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2006-6105

Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

gdm
Vulnerable Versions:
2.14.1, 2.16, 2.16.1, 2.16.2

Timeline

Official Publish: December 15th, 2006
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.