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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2607: Vixie Cron: Privilege Escalation

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2006-2607: Vixie Cron: Privilege Escalation

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/25/2006
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-process-vixie-cron

References

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