>> GNOME Display Manager "gdmchooser" Host Name Handling Format String Vulnerability
Title : GNOME Display Manager "gdmchooser" Host Name Handling Format String Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2006-5015 CVE ID : CVE-2006-6105
Rated as : Moderate Risk
Remotely Exploitable : No Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2006-12-15
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME Display Manager, which could be exploited by local attackers to obtain elevated privileges. This issue is due to a format string error in the "gdm_chooser_browser_add_host()" [gui/gdmchooser.c] function when processing user-supplied host names, which could be exploited by unauthenticated local users to execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the gdmchooser application (typically "gdm").
