Vulnerability in Paul Vixie Cron
CVE-2001-0560
Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (40.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss (vendor-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/5583 (vdb-entry)
- www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-022.php3 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/immunix/2001-q1/0066.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Patch)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-014.html (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6098 (vdb-entry)
- archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0197.html (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit, Patch)
- www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss (vendor-advisory)