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CVE-2007-1856

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Description

Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/27886

http://secunia.com/advisories/27706

http://secunia.com/advisories/26909

http://secunia.com/advisories/25723

http://secunia.com/advisories/25321

http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

http://secunia.com/advisories/24905

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-18

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

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

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00052

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