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    CVE-2007-1856

    Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

    Published:Apr 10, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Apr 18, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.00076
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gentoo
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Paul Vixie
    Product
    Vixie Cron
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
    http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
    http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
    http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
    http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
    http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
    http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
    http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High