2.1 Low
CVSS2
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.7%
The vixie-cron package contains the Vixie version of cron. Cron is a
standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times.
A bug was found in the way vixie-cron installs new crontab files. It is
possible for a local attacker to execute the crontab command in such a way
that they can view the contents of another user’s crontab file. The Common
Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CAN-2005-1038 to
this issue.
Additionally, this update addresses the following issues:
o Fixed improper limits on filename and command line lengths
o Improved PAM access control conforming to EAL certification requirements
o Improved reliability when running in a chroot environment
o Mail recipient name checking disabled by default, can be re-enabled
o Added ‘-p’ “permit all crontabs” option to disable crontab mode checking
All users of vixie-cron should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to these issues.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RedHat | any | s390 | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.s390.rpm |
RedHat | any | src | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.src.rpm |
RedHat | any | ia64 | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ia64.rpm |
RedHat | any | ppc | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.ppc.rpm |
RedHat | any | i386 | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.i386.rpm |
RedHat | any | x86_64 | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.x86_64.rpm |
RedHat | any | s390x | vixie-cron | < 4.1-36.EL4 | vixie-cron-4.1-36.EL4.s390x.rpm |