CVE-2006-6105 (GCVE-0-2006-6105)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2006-12-15 02:00
Modified
2024-08-07 20:12
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- n/a
Summary
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.
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