CVE-2007-1856
crontab denial of service
Severity Score
7.5
*CVSS v3
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
Vixie Cron anterior a 4.1-r10 en Gentoo Linux es instalado con permisos inseguros, lo cual permite a usuarios locales provocar una denegación de servicio (fallo de cron) creando enlaces duros (hard links), lo cual resulta en el fallo de la comprobación st_nlink en database.c.
*Credits:
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* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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- Decision:-
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Timeline
- 2007-04-04 CVE Reserved
- 2007-04-18 CVE Published
- 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
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References (19)
| URL | Tag | Source |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html | Mailing List | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24905 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25321 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/25723 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27886 | Third Party Advisory | |
| http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm | X_refsource_confirm | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081 | Vdb Entry | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 | Vdb Entry | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463 | Signature |
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|
| URL | Date | SRC |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234 | 2017-10-11 | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html | 2017-10-11 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1856 | 2007-05-17 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235882 | 2007-05-17 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Paul Vixie Search vendor "Paul Vixie" | Vixie Cron Search vendor "Paul Vixie" for product "Vixie Cron" | <= 4.1 Search vendor "Paul Vixie" for product "Vixie Cron" and version " <= 4.1" | - |
Affected
| in | Gentoo Search vendor "Gentoo" | Linux Search vendor "Gentoo" for product "Linux" | * | - |
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