CVE-2006-6698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

Published: 2006-12-22

Score: 1.9 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gconf:2.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6681	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00152.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Gnome Gconf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-22T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:34:00.546Z

Reserved: 2006-12-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6698

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-22T18:28:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6698

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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