Vulnerability CVE-2010-0424
Published: 2010-02-25   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

Type:

CWE-59

 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following'))

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
3.3/10
4.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Paul vixie -> Vixie cron 
Fedorahosted -> Cronie 

 References:
http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git;a=commit;h=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
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