Bug 163888 – CAN-2005-1038 vixie-cron information leak

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Bug 163888 - CAN-2005-1038 vixie-cron information leak

Summary:	CAN-2005-1038 vixie-cron information leak

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	vixie-cron (Show other bugs)
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Version:	4.0
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Assigned To:	Jason Vas Dias
QA Contact:	Brock Organ
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	162022
Blocks:	156322
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Reported:	2005-07-21 15:37 EDT by Jason Vas Dias
Modified:	2007-11-30 17:07 EST (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Fixed In Version:	RHSA-2005-361
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2005-10-05 08:35:17 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2005:361	qe-ready	SHIPPED_LIVE	Low: vixie-cron security update	2005-10-05 00:00:00 EDT

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Description Jason Vas Dias 2005-07-21 15:37:43 EDT

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #162022 +++

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #154920 +++

crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users
to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a
symlink.  NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a
duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395093

Comment 6 Red Hat Bugzilla 2005-10-05 08:35:17 EDT

An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on the solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-361.html

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