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CVE-2006-6698

LOW CVSS: 1.9 Published: 2006-12-22 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Gnome Gconf

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References