CVE-2010-0424 (GCVE-0-2010-0424)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/38700 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cron… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/38741 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/48104 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2010-02-18 00:00
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