CVE-2007-1856

LowCVSS 2.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.1/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Apr 18, 2007
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2007-1856: Low severity, CVSS 2.1 | Vulnix