CVE-2012-6110

NameCVE-2012-6110
Descriptionbcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs686650

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
bcron (PTS)buster0.11-8fixed
bullseye0.11-9fixed
bookworm0.11-19fixed
sid, trixie0.11-21fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
bcronsourcesqueeze0.09-11+squeeze1
bcronsource(unstable)0.09-13low686650
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