CVE-2007-1856 Information

Description

Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

Reference

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html http://secunia.com/advisories/24905 http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 http://secunia.com/advisories/25321 http://secunia.com/advisories/25723 http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 http://secunia.com/advisories/27886 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11463