UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6110

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6110

    Published: 29 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-6110

    Summary:

    Details: bcron-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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6110, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6110

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bcron

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.09-13

    Affected versions

    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