SUSE-SA:2006:027: cron

high Nessus Plugin ID 21623

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:027 (cron).

Vixie Cron is the default CRON daemon in all SUSE Linux based distributions.

The code in do_command.c in Vixie cron does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.

This problem is known to affect only distributions with Linux 2.6 kernels, but the package was updated for all distributions for completeness.

This problem is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-2607.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21623

File Name: suse_SA_2006_027.nasl

Version: 1.9

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/1/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Detections

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