[11548] in bugtraq
Re: [RHSA-1999:030-01] Buffer overflow in cron daemon
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Olaf Kirch)
Sat Aug 28 09:16:49 1999
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 10:05:34 +0200
Reply-To: Olaf Kirch <okir@MONAD.SWB.DE>
From: Olaf Kirch <okir@MONAD.SWB.DE>
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In-Reply-To: <19990825211720.A3016@xenomorph.redhat.com>; from Bill Nottingham
on Wed, Aug 25, 1999 at 09:17:20PM -0400
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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