| Revision Date: | 2008-03-20 | Version: | 637 |
| Title: | RHSA-2006:0117: vixie-cron security update (Low) |
| Description: | The vixie-cron package contains the Vixie version of cron. Cron is a standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times.
A bug was found in the way vixie-cron installs new crontab files. It is possible for a local attacker to execute the crontab command in such a way that they can view the contents of another user's crontab file. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project assigned the name CVE-2005-1038 to this issue.
This update also fixes an issue where cron jobs could start before their scheduled time.
All users of vixie-cron should upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported patches and is not vulnerable to these issues.
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| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Status: | | Reference(s): | CVE-2005-1038
RHSA-2006:0117
RHSA-2006:0117-01
RHSA-2006:0117-01
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| Platform(s): | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
| Product(s): | |
| Definition Synopsis |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux must be installed OR Package Information
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 is installed
AND vixie-cron is earlier than 0:4.1-10.EL3
AND vixie-cron is signed with Red Hat master key
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