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TI-2006-05870 Aliases CVE-2006-6105GHSA-2q7v-r75f-p94f

Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation…

Priority LOW 20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00411 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 4

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.14.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.16VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.16.1VulnerableGNOME
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.16.2VulnerableGNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.14.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.16 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.16.1 Vulnerable ·GNOME
  • cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.16.2 Vulnerable ·GNOME

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6105
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2q7v-r75f-p94f

References

Advisory 4

Other 3

  • TI-2000-00491 Buffer overflow in the XDMCP parsing code of GNOME gdm, KDE kdm, and wdm allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2009-02579 The Red Hat build script for the GNOME Display Manager (GDM) before 2.16.0-56 on Red Hat… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
  • TI-2011-01488 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.32.2, when glib 2.28 is used, enables execution of a… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2011-00635 GNOME Display Manager (gdm) 2.x before 2.32.1 allows local users to change the ownership… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2000-00503 libICE in XFree86 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by specifying a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
  • TI-2003-00517 The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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