CVE-2006-2607

Publication date 25 May 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cron 9.04 jaunty
Fixed 3.0pl1-105ubuntu1.1
8.10 intrepid
Fixed 3.0pl1-104+ubuntu5.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 3.0pl1-100ubuntu2.1
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper
Fixed 3.0pl1-92ubuntu1.1

Notes

jdstrand

was mistakenly marked not-affected. 3.0pl1-64 added checks for setuid() failing, but did not add the checks for setgid() or initgroups()

Patch details

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Package Patch details
cron

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