CVE-2007-1856

N/A Unknown
Published: April 18, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

34 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
23th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

paul_vixie gentoo