VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2010-0424
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…
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.35% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- fedorahosted/cronie · paul vixie/vixie cron
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.