CVE-2010-0424

Publication date 25 February 2010

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cron 9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper
Not affected

Notes

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Debian cron is vixie 3.0-based, not 4.1-based, this was in 4.1 and later