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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23385 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23387 ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5015 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23409 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017383 ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017320 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/30848 ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30896 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21597 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23381 ↗
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=453 ↗
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html ↗
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:231 ↗
- http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news ↗
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-396-1 ↗