CVE-2006-2542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xmcdconfig in xmcd for Debian GNU/Linux 2.6-17.1 creates /var/lib/cddb and /var/lib/xmcd/discog with world writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

Published: 2006-05-23

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ti_kan:xmcd:2.6.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1086-1	New xmcd packages fix denial of service
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2542	xmcdconfig in xmcd for Debian GNU/Linux 2.6-17.1 creates /var/lib/cddb and /var/lib/xmcd/discog with world writable permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (disk consumption).

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00044.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=366816
http://secunia.com/advisories/20078
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1086
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26452

History

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Subscriptions

Ti Kan Xmcd

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-23T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.672Z

Reserved: 2006-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2542

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-23T10:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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