CVE-2007-1856

CVE Details

Release Date:

2007-04-18

Description

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.

See more information about CVE-2007-1856 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	2.1	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (vixie-cron)	ELSA-2007-0345	2007-05-17

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