openSUSE 10 Security Update : cron (cron-3092)

low Nessus Plugin ID 27190

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

By setting hard links to /etc/crontab users were able to prevent cron from running scheduled jobs (CVE-2007-1856).

A re-emerged symlink bug allowed users to edit the crontab of other users (CVE-2005-1038).

Solution

Update the affected cron package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 27190

File Name: suse_cron-3092.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cron, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-1038, CVE-2007-1856