CVE-2006-6105

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2006-6105 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This flaw was first introduced in gdm version 2.14. Therefore these issues did not affect the earlier versions of gdm as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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