Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2007-1856
Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (29.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 29.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/27886 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 (vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/24995 (third-party-advisory)
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/25321 (third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11463 (signature, vdb-entry)