Vulnerability CVE-2001-0560
Published: 2001-08-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Paul vixie -> Vixie cron 

 References:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0197.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/immunix/2001-q1/0066.html
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17048&apar=only
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17261&apar=only
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-022.php3
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-014.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6098
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