CVE-2007-1856
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.058 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.4%
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.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| paul_vixie:vixie_cron | paul vixie vixie cron | le | 4.1 |
References
lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
secunia.com/advisories/24905
secunia.com/advisories/24995
secunia.com/advisories/25321
secunia.com/advisories/25723
secunia.com/advisories/26909
secunia.com/advisories/27706
secunia.com/advisories/27886
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
Related
2.1 Low
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
5.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.058 Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.4%