CVE-2006-2607 Information

Description

do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

Reference

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194 http://secunia.com/advisories/20380 http://secunia.com/advisories/20388 http://secunia.com/advisories/20616 http://secunia.com/advisories/21032 http://secunia.com/advisories/21702 http://secunia.com/advisories/35318 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10213 https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/