Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2005-1038
CVE-2005-1038
Description
crontab in Vixie cron 4.1, when running with the -e option, allows local users to read the cron files of other users by changing the file being edited to a symlink. NOTE: there is insufficient information to know whether this is a duplicate of CVE-2001-0235.
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Affected products
5- cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
11- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13024nvdPatch
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395093nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060401-01-Unvd
- secunia.com/advisories/19532nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/20666nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24995nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-118.htmnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-361.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0117.htmlnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11104nvd
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