CVE-2006-2542
N/A
Published: May 23, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:25 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXmcd
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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).
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=366816Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20078Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1086VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26452Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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