DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5969
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969
Upstream
Published
2006-11-17T23:07:00Z
Modified
2026-09-12T06:47:32Z
Summary
[none]
Details

CRLF injection vulnerability in the evalFolderLine function in fvwm 2.5.18 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a directory name, which is not properly handled by fvwm-menu-directory, a variant of CVE-2003-1308.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / fvwm

Package

Name
fvwm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fvwm?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.5.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969.json"

Debian:13 / fvwm

Package

Name
fvwm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fvwm?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.5.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969.json"

Debian:14 / fvwm

Package

Name
fvwm
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/fvwm?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.5.18-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969.json"