CVE-2007-1856
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
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.
Products: paul_vixie vixie_cron
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | vixie-cron | 0:4.1-19.EL3 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | vixie-cron-debuginfo | 0:4.1-19.EL3 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vixie-cron | 4:4.1-47.EL4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vixie-cron-debuginfo | 4:4.1-47.EL4 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vixie-cron | 4:4.1-70.el5 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vixie-cron-debuginfo | 4:4.1-70.el5 |