CVE-2012-6110

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-6110
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-09-29 22:55:05 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionbcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec 0.04 All All All
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec 0.05 All All All
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec 0.06 All All All
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec 0.07 All All All
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec 0.08 All All All
Application Bcron Project Bcron Exec All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#686650 - bcron: CVE-2012-6110: bcron file descriptors not closed - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org Exploit, Patch
oss-sec: bcron: cron jobs get access to the temporary output files from all other jobs that are still running af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 untroubled.org
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