CVE-2006-2542

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2542
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-23 10:06:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-20 01:31:00 UTC
Descriptionxmcdconfig 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ti Kan Xmcd 2.6.17.1 All All All
Application Ti Kan Xmcd 2.6.17.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1086-1 xmcd DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
#366816 - xmcdconfig creates cddb directories with mode 777 - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Patch
Security Advisory SA20078 - Debian xmcdconfig Insecure Directory Permissions - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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