SUSE-SA:2006:027: cron

NASLDB: SUSE-SA:2006:027: cron

General

ID: 21623
Name: SUSE-SA:2006:027: cron

Summary: Check for the version of the cron package

Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.

Classification

Risk: –

CVSS: –
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CVSS Temporal Vector: –

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Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
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Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:027 (cron).

Vixie Cron is the default CRON daemon in all SUSE Linux based
distributions.

The code in do_command.c in Vixie cron does not check the return code
of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges
if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits.

This problem is known to affect only distributions with Linux 2.6
kernels, but the package was updated for all distributions for
completeness.

This problem is tracked by the Mitre CVE ID CVE-2006-2607.