CVE-2006-0539

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0539
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-02-04 02:02:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report heap memory corruption, possibly because a strcpy in the strdup2 function can "overwrite some data."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.6 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.003310000 probability, percentile 0.560710000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Thibault Godouet Fcron 3.0.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugs.trustix.org/show_bug.cgi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.trustix.org
Fcron : a periodical command scheduler for Unix and Linux systems af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fcron.free.fr
Fcron Convert-FCronTab Local Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0036 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustix.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Changes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fcron.free.fr
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0999.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Secunia - Advisories - Trustix Fcron "convert-fcrontab" Two Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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