CVE-2009-3589

Publication date 8 October 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

incron 0.5.5 does not initialize supplementary groups when running a process from a user's incrontabs, which causes the process to be run with the incrond supplementary groups and allows local users to gain privileges via an incrontab table.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
incron 11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic Ignored end of life
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
incron