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GConf Temporary Directory Local Denial of Service
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23452
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Release Date:
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2006-12-26
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Popularity:
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3,857 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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DoS
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | GConf 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2006-6698
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Description:
Michael Meeks has reported a security issue in GConf, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
The security issue is caused due to GConf not using a unique name to create a temporary directory to store certain information. This can be exploited to stop a user from using GConf by creating the corresponding directory before the user launches GConf for the first time.
Solution:
Restrict access to trusted people only.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Michael Meeks.
Original Advisory:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141138
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030
Other References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
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