GSD-2005-1038

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:20
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crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.
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CVE-2005-1038
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