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CVE-2006-2542

Date: May 23, 2006

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).

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (7)

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26452

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2006-2542

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2542

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1086

Url: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=366816

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/20078

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2006-2542

Severity Score

4.0

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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