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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-0455 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T00:45:12.337Z

Reserved: 2010-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-0424

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2010-02-25T19:30:00.467

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2010-0424

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2010-02-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2010-0424 - Bugzilla

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