CVE-2006-6698
N/A
Published: December 22, 2006 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGconf
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_CONFIRMExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23452VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5148Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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