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CVE-2007-1856 Detail

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.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  04/17/2007

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.1 LOW
Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 2.9
Exploitability Subscore: 3.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
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/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11463
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11463

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-1856
NVD Published Date:
04/17/2007
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2017