Gentoo Linux Vixie cron denial of service
Published:		17.04.2007
Source:		BUGTRAQ
SecurityVulns ID:		7595
Type:		local
Level:		5/10
Description:		Weak file permissions allows to prevent cron jobs from running via hard links.

Affected:		VIXIE : cron 4.1
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.)

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GENTOO, [ GLSA 200704-11 ] Vixie Cron: Denial of Service (17.04.2007)

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