CVE-2005-1038

Summary

CVECVE-2005-1038
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-10-11 01:30:00 UTC
Descriptioncrontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 4.1 All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron 4.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Vixie Cron Crontab File Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
20060401-01-U SGI patches.sgi.com
ASA-2006-118 (RHSA-2006-0117) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Avaya Products vixie-cron Exposure of Arbitrary Cron Files - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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