CVE-2006-6698

Impact:
Moderate
Bugzilla:
219280: CVE-2006-6698 GConfd uses non-unique directory name in /tmp leading to local DoS

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The GConf daemon (gconfd) in GConf 2.14.0 creates temporary files under directories with names based on the username, even when GCONF_GLOBAL_LOCKS is not set, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by creating the directories ahead of time, which prevents other users from using Gnome.

Find out more about CVE-2006-6698 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. The risks associated with fixing this bug are greater than the low severity security risk. We therefore currently have no plans to fix this flaw in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, or 5.

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