Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1086-1 xmcd -- design flaw
- Date Reported:
- 02 Jun 2006
- Affected Packages:
- xmcd
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 366816.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2006-2542. - More information:
-
The xmcdconfig creates directories world-writeable allowing local users to fill the /usr and /var partition and hence cause a denial of service. This problem has been half-fixed since version 2.3-1.
For the old stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-14woody1.
For the stable distribution (sarge) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-17sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.6-18.
We recommend that you upgrade your xmcd package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-14woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-14woody1_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/cddb_2.6-17sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/x/xmcd/xmcd_2.6-17sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.