CVE-2007-1856
LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (32th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-1850)
- Published
- April 18, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-1850 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gentoo / linux
- paul vixie / vixie cron
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0345.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24905
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25321
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25723
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27886
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-11.xml
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-261.htm
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:234
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23520
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018081
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11463
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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