vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2017-9525: cron, systemd-cron -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 9, 2017 | Mar 22, 2019 | Aug 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 9, 2017
Added
Mar 22, 2019
Modified
Aug 15, 2025
Description
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
Solutions
debian-upgrade-crondebian-upgrade-systemd-cronno-fix-debian-deb-package
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