medium6.7
CVE-2017-9525
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root priv…
Impact
In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Cron Project | Cron | through 3.0pl1-128. |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Versions 8.0, 9.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://bugs.debian.org/864466
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/864466
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html