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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-22T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:34:00.546Z

Reserved: 2006-12-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6698

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-12-22T18:28:00.000

Modified: 2011-03-08T02:46:48.547

Link: CVE-2006-6698

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