CVE-2006-6698 (GCVE-0-2006-6698)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-22 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:34
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Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 29/100 over 2164 records in the last 180 days details
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Date Public
2006-12-22 00:00
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