CVE-2007-1856

Low

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.

SeverityLow
CVSS2.1
Exploit probability—
ProductPaul Vixie Vixie Cron
PublishedApr 18, 2007
First seenApr 18, 2007

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
paul_vixie vixie_cronv ≤ 4.1—

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