Vulnerability CVE-2006-6698
Published: 2006-12-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Gnome -> Gconf 

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