ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2017-9525

In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Debian13.5.0 amd64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 edu netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 mac netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 arm64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.5.0 arm64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live gnomeunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live kdeunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live cinnamonunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live lxdeunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live lxqtunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live mateunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live xfceunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live standardunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 amd64 live debian-juniorunknownsource
Ubuntu26.04 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu26.04 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.4 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.4 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.3 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu22.04.5 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu22.04.5 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu20.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu20.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu18.04.6 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 amd64 beta-desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 amd64 beta-live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 arm64 beta-live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 ppc64el beta-live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 riscv64unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 s390x beta-live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 arm64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 ppc64el live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04 s390x live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 arm64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 ppc64el live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 riscv64unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.1 s390x live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 amd64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 arm64 live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 ppc64el live-serverunknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 riscv64unknownsource
Ubuntu24.04.2 s390x live-serverunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 armhf netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 ppc64el netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 riscv64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 s390x netinstunknownsource
Debian13.5.0 armhf dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.5.0 ppc64el dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.5.0 riscv64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.5.0 s390x dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 edu netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 mac netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 arm64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 arm64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live gnomeunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live kdeunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live cinnamonunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live lxdeunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live lxqtunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live mateunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live xfceunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live standardunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 amd64 live debian-juniorunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 armhf netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 ppc64el netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 riscv64 netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 s390x netinstunknownsource
Debian13.6.0 armhf dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 ppc64el dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 riscv64 dvd-1unknownsource
Debian13.6.0 s390x dvd-1unknownsource
Ubuntu26.04.1 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu26.04.1 amd64 live-serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://bugs.debian.org/864466
  2. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
  3. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651
  4. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
  5. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html
  6. http://bugs.debian.org/864466
  7. http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
  8. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651
  9. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
  10. https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html