Red Hat vixie-cron Exposure of Arbitrary Cron Files - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence

Red Hat vixie-cron Exposure of Arbitrary Cron Files
Secunia Advisory:	SA14883	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2005-04-08
Last Update:	2006-03-16
Popularity:	7,683 views

Critical:	Not critical
Impact:	Exposure of system information
Where:	Local system
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

OS:	RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3 RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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CVE reference:	CVE-2005-1038

Description: Karol Wiêsek has discovered a vulnerability in vixie-cron on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to read arbitrary cron files. For more information: SA14862 Solution: Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network. http://rhn.redhat.com/ Provided and/or discovered by: Karol Wiêsek Changelog: 2005-10-05: Vendor releases updated packages. Added CVE reference and link to RHSA-2005-361, and updated "Solution" section. 2006-03-16: Vendor issues updated packages for RHEL 3. Original Advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-361.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0117.html Other References: SA14862: http://secunia.com/advisories/14862/

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