Description
The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 3.3/10
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
Timeline
- Published
- Feb 25, 2010
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified