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CVE-2010-0424

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification

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Summary

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

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Affected versions

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References 7

bugzilla.redhat.com

secunia.com

git.fedorahosted.org

lists.fedoraproject.org

securityfocus.com