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-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.
References
Link Resource
http://bugs.debian.org/864466 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/08/3 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038651 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:cron_project:cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
OR cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2017-06-09 16:29

Updated : 2024-02-28 16:04


NVD link : CVE-2017-9525

Mitre link : CVE-2017-9525

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2017-9525


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

cron_project

  • cron
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')