Vulnerability Details CVE-2007-1856
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 15.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 2.1
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
Products affected by CVE-2007-1856
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cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:*
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:-
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.2
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:1.4
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.1.30
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.2.28
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cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:2.3.30