CVE-2006-2607
Publication date 25 May 2006
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| cron | ||
Notes
jdstrand
was mistakenly marked not-affected. 3.0pl1-64 added checks for setuid() failing, but did not add the checks for setgid() or initgroups()