CVE-2010-0424

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0424
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-25 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fedorahosted Cronie All All All All
Application Paul Vixie Vixie Cron All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Fedora update for cronie - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
cronie 'crontab' Symbolic Link Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Security Advisory SA48104 - Red Hat update for vixie-cron - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 12 Update: cronie-1.4.3-4.fc12 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org
cronie "crontab" Race Condition Security Issue - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 565809 – CVE-2010-0424 vixie-cron, cronie: Race condition by setting timestamp of user's crontab file, when editing the file af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki MITRE git.fedorahosted.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2010-02-26Tomas HogerRed Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-0424 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw.
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