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Vixie Cron "do_command.c" setuid Security Issue
Secunia Advisory: SA20380
Release Date: 2006-06-01
Popularity: 7,908 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
Where: Local system
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Vixie Cron 4.x

Secunia CVSS-2 Score: Available in Secunia business solutions

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Description:
Roman Veretelnikov has reported a security issue in Vixie Cron, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated privileges.

The security issue is caused due to missing checks for whether the "setuid()" call has succeeded before running a job submitted by a user. This may cause the user's job to run with root privileges if the "setuid()" fails due to e.g. PAM failures or resource limits.

The security issue has been reported in version 4.1. Other versions may also be affected.

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