CVE-2006-0539 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report heap memory corruption, possibly because a strcpy in the strdup2 function can "overwrite some data."

Published: 2006-02-04

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:thibault_godouet:fcron:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-0546	The convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report heap memory corruption, possibly because a strcpy in the strdup2 function can "overwrite some data."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00331.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0999.html
http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/changes.html
http://fcron.free.fr/news.php#a20060206a.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/18719
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423697/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16467
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0036
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0435
https://bugs.trustix.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1754
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24444

History

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Thibault Godouet Fcron

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-02-04T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:41:28.583Z

Reserved: 2006-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0539

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-04T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0539

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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