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.
References
- 23452 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2006-5148 vdb-entry
- 21762 vdb-entry
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=219279
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167030