Debian Security Advisory
cron -- Root exploit in cron
- Date Reported:
- 30 Aug 1999
- Affected Packages:
- cron
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-1999-0769.
- More information:
- Cron sends mail as root without checking the parameters passed to sendmail on the command line. This can lead to a root compromise. We recommend upgrading your cron immediately.
- Fixed in:
-
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/cron_3.0pl1-50.2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/cron_3.0pl1-50.2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/source/cron_3.0pl1.orig.tar.gz
- alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-alpha/cron_3.0pl1-50.2_alpha.deb
- i386:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-i386/cron_3.0pl1-50.2_i386.deb
- m68k:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-m68k/cron_3.0pl1-50.2_m68k.deb
- sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/dists/slink/updates/binary-sparc/cron_3.0pl1-50.2_sparc.deb