CVE-2006-2607

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2006-01-20
Bugzilla:
193146: CVE-2006-2607 Jobs start from root when pam_limits enabled

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

do_command.c in Vixie cron (vixie-cron) 4.1 does not check the return code of a setuid call, which might allow local users to gain root privileges if setuid fails in cases such as PAM failures or resource limits, as originally demonstrated by a program that exceeds the process limits as defined in /etc/security/limits.conf.

Find out more about CVE-2006-2607 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (vixie-cron) RHSA-2006:0539 2006-07-12

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