CVE-2006-2542

LOW 2.1CVE-2006-2542 · Published 23/05/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-2542 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting xmcd (ti kan).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 32.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xmcd ti_kan	`= 2.6.17.1`	No fix yet

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).

References

bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/20078 · Vendor Advisory
debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1086 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26452

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