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DEBIAN-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-...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0pl1-129"}]}]
Debian:13
cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0pl1-129"}]}]
Debian:14
cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.0pl1-129"}]}]
Debian:12
systemd-cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.17-2"}]}]
Debian:13
systemd-cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.17-2"}]}]
Debian:14
systemd-cron
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.5.17-2"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org