Published: 15/12/2006 Updated: 20/07/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.1

VMScore: 383

Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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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gnome gdm 2.16
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A format string vulnerability was discovered in the gdmchooser component of the GNOME Display Manager By typing a specially crafted host name, local users could gain gdm user privileges, which could lead to further account information exposure ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21597 http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1 http://secunia.com/advisories/23381 http://secunia.com/advisories/23385 http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383 http://secunia.com/advisories/23409 http://secunia.com/advisories/23387 http://www.osvdb.org/30848 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896 https://usn.ubuntu.com/396-1/https://nvd.nist.gov

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