VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-6698

CVSS score1.9 LOW
EPSS probability0.43%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-12-22
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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