Vulnerability Details CVE-2006-6698
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.002
EPSS Ranking 37.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 1.9
References
- 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
- 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