CVE-2001-0559

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0559
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-08-14 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-10 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptioncrontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-054-1 cron DEBIAN www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus home mailing list: BugTraq BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2001:050 : vixie-cron MANDRAKE www.linux-mandrake.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Vixie Cron crontab Privilege Lowering Failure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Page Not Found | SUSE SUSE www.novell.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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