CVE-2011-1073
First published: Fri Mar 04 2011(Updated: )
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| FreeBSD FreeBSD | ||
| Apple Mac OS X |
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Reference Links
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded
- collector/nvd-historical
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/freebsd
- canonical/freebsd freebsd
- vendor/apple
- canonical/apple mac os x