crontab denial of service
Published Apr 18, 2007
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
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
No data.
- ≤ 4.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
vixie-cron-0:4.1-19.EL3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0345
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
vixie-cron-4:4.1-47.EL4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0345
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
vixie-cron-4:4.1-70.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0345
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | vixie-cron-0:4.1-19.EL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0345 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | vixie-cron-4:4.1-47.EL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0345 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | vixie-cron-4:4.1-70.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0345 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00383) | 29.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00050) | 12.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 10.59% (0.10592) | 95.30th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 10, 2024 | 10.59% (0.10592) | 95.15th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 5.81% (0.05813) | 93.42th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (21)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24905 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25321 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25723 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27886 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1856 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=235882 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1856
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-1856
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