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[linux-security] Re: [RHSA-1999:030-01] Buffer overflow in cron daemon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Kirch)
Thu Aug 26 06:02:21 1999
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:05:34 +0200
From: Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, linux-security@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <19990825211720.A3016@xenomorph.redhat.com>; from Bill Nottingham on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:17:20PM -0400
Resent-From: linux-security@redhat.com
Resent-Reply-To: linux-security@redhat.com
On Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:17:20PM -0400, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> A buffer overflow exists in crond, the cron daemon. This
> could allow local users to gain privilege.
FYI, Caldera OpenLinux isn't vulnerable to this.
This problem was first discovered two years ago by someone at Debian.
Olaf
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