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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : vixie-cron (RHSA-2007:0345)

low Nessus Plugin ID 25267

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated vixie-cron packages that fix a denial of service issue are now available.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

The vixie-cron package contains the Vixie version of cron. Cron is a standard UNIX daemon that runs specified programs at scheduled times.

Raphael Marichez discovered a denial of service bug in the way vixie-cron verifies crontab file integrity. A local user with the ability to create a hardlink to /etc/crontab can prevent vixie-cron from executing certain system cron jobs. (CVE-2007-1856)

All users of vixie-cron should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue.

Solution

Update the affected vixie-cron package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-1856

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:0345

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 25267

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0345.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/20/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:vixie-cron, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1856

BID: 23520

RHSA: 2007:0345