CVE catalog
CVE-2006-5969
fvwm: CVE-2006-5969
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.42% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | fvwm | sid | 1:2.7.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | fvwm | forky | 1:2.7.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | fvwm | trixie | 1:2.7.0-3 | fixed |
| Debian | fvwm | bookworm | 1:2.7.0-2 | fixed |
| Opensuse | fvwm2 | tumbleweed | 2.6.9-2.11 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | fvwm | source | sid | 1:2.5.18-2 | low | Not reported | [400303] |
| Debian | fvwm | source | forky | 1:2.5.18-2 | low | Not reported | [400303] |
| Debian | fvwm | source | trixie | 1:2.5.18-2 | low | Not reported | [400303] |
| Debian | fvwm | source | bookworm | 1:2.5.18-2 | low | Not reported | [400303] |
| Opensuse | fvwm2 | rpm | tumbleweed | 2.6.9-2.11 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10773-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [fvwm]Fixed
Details (2)
1:2.7.0-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.18-2dsa · fvwm · debian · bookworm; dsa · fvwm · debian · 12
1:2.7.0-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.18-2dsa · fvwm · debian · bookworm; dsa · fvwm · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [fvwm]Fixed
Details (2)
1:2.7.0-3· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.18-2dsa · fvwm · debian · 13
1:2.7.0-3· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1:2.5.18-2dsa · fvwm · debian · 13
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10773-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5969]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10773-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5969]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]