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CVE Reference: CVE-2006-6105
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CVE-2006-6105

Description:
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.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

XF
  http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/30896

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1

SUSE
  http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html

ST
  1017383
  1017320

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA23409
  Secunia Advisory: SA23387
  Secunia Advisory: SA23381
  Secunia Advisory: SA23385

OSVDB
  30848

MANDRIVA
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231

IDEFENSE
  http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453

CONFIRM
  http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news

BID
  21597


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