ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2007-1856

Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.

Severity
LOW
CVSS
2.1
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Gentoo2026.05.31 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.10 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.07 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.05 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.11 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 ppc64le minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.05.27 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.13 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.14 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.16 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.17 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.21 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.23 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.06.25 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.05 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.07 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.09 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.08 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.12 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.14 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.15 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.16 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.19 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.21 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.23 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.22 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.26 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.28 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.29 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.07.30 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.02 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.04 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.06 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.09 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.11 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.13 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.05 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.16 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.18 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.20 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.19 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.23 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.25 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.26 sparc64 minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.27 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.08.30 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.01 x86 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.03 powerpc minimal-dist installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 arm64 minimal installunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.06 amd64 liveguiunknownsource
Gentoo2026.09.08 x86 minimal installunknownsource

References

  1. http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
  2. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
  3. http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
  4. http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
  5. http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
  6. http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
  7. http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
  8. http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
  9. http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
  10. http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
  11. http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
  12. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
  13. http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
  14. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
  15. http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
  16. http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
  17. https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
  18. http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
  19. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
  20. http://secunia.com/advisories/24905