# 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

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-02-25 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565809
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38700
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/git/cronie.git?p=cronie.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=9e4a8fa5f9171fb724981f53879c9b20264aeb61
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035762.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48104
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38391

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