CVE-2007-1856

Published: Apr 18, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-Other

2.1LOW

NVD MITRE

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:LAccess Vector

Local

AC:LAccess Complexity

Low

Au:NAuthentication

None

Impact

C:NConfidentiality

None

I:NIntegrity

None

A:PAvailability

Partial

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

vixie cron paul vixie

On-prem

Operating Systems / unix-bsd

n/a n/a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Inc.

On-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

paul vixieindividual-devUSOperating Systemsaka vixie cron

red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html

lists.grok.org.uk

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html

rhn.redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/24905

secunia.com

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Timeline

Published

Apr 18, 2007

Last Updated

Apr 23, 2026

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