CVE-2006-0539
The convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report...
- Published
- Feb 4, 2006
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 1, 2006
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 53.8%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report heap memory corruption, possibly because a strcpy in the strdup2 function can "overwrite some data."
Sources
1Adam Zabrocki · multiple · Feb 1, 2006
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