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cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp of user's crontab file, when editing the file

🗓️ 21 Feb 2012 02:21:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Crontab edit in cronie and vixie cron allows local users to alter file times via a symlink in /tmp, causing denial of service.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386vixie-cron4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64vixie-cron4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcvixie-cron4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xvixie-cron4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64vixie-cron4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-4:4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386vixie-cron-debuginfo4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-debuginfo-4:4.1-81.el5.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64vixie-cron-debuginfo4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-debuginfo-4:4.1-81.el5.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcvixie-cron-debuginfo4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-debuginfo-4:4.1-81.el5.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xvixie-cron-debuginfo4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-debuginfo-4:4.1-81.el5.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64vixie-cron-debuginfo4:4.1-81.el5vixie-cron-debuginfo-4:4.1-81.el5.x86_64.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:38Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 23.3
EPSS0.00346
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