First published: Tue Aug 14 2001(Updated: )
crontab in Vixie cron 3.0.1 and earlier does not properly drop privileges after the failed parsing of a modification operation, which could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges when an editor is called to correct the error.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Paul Vixie Vixie Cron | <=3.0.1 |
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