Description
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.
Affected products
- paul_vixie / vixie_cron4.1 – 4.1
- RedHat / enterprise_linux4.0 – 4.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux4.0 – 4.0
- RedHat / enterprise_linux4.0 – 4.0
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-U
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0117.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11104
- MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-361.html
- MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-118.htm
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/19532
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13024
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20666
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395093