| Name | CVE-2010-0424 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cron (PTS) | bullseye | 3.0pl1-137 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.0pl1-162 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0pl1-196 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cron | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- cron <not-affected> (vulnerability in redhat-specific changes to their cron forks; cronie and vixie-cron)