Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-1856
CVE-2007-1856
Description
Vixie Cron before 4.1-r10 on Gentoo Linux is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (cron failure) by creating hard links, which results in a failed st_nlink check in database.c.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
17- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24905nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/24995nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25321nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/25723nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/26909nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27706nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/27886nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xmlnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htmnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463nvd
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