CVE - CVE-2006-2607

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-2607	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.
References
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BID:18108 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108 BUGTRAQ:20060525 rPSA-2006-0082-1 vixie-cron URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded CONFIRM:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=134194 CONFIRM:http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-168.htm CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=178431 GENTOO:GLSA-200606-07 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10213 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213 REDHAT:RHSA-2006:0539 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html SECTRACK:1016480 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480 SECUNIA:20380 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20380 SECUNIA:20388 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20388 SECUNIA:20616 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/20616 SECUNIA:21032 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21032 SECUNIA:21702 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/21702 SECUNIA:35318 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/35318 SUSE:SUSE-SA:2006:027 URL:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html UBUNTU:USN-778-1 URL:https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/ VUPEN:ADV-2006-2075 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075~~ (Obsolete source) XF:vixie-cron-docommand-gain-privilege(26691) URL:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20060525	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20060525)
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Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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