CVE-2005-1038

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