CVE-2006-6105
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6088)
- Published
- December 15, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6088 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
- gnome / gdm
References
- http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23381
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23385
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23387
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23409
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320(Patch)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/30848
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21597(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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