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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-6097

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-6097

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
04/09/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-cron
  • suse-upgrade-cronie
  • suse-upgrade-cronie-anacron

References

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