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CVE-2012-6110

Published: Sep 29, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6110
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Bcron_execBcron_project*0.09 (including)
Bcron_execBcron_project0.04 (including)0.04 (including)
Bcron_execBcron_project0.05 (including)0.05 (including)
Bcron_execBcron_project0.06 (including)0.06 (including)
Bcron_execBcron_project0.07 (including)0.07 (including)
Bcron_execBcron_project0.08 (including)0.08 (including)
BcronUbuntuhardy*
BcronUbuntulucid*
BcronUbuntuoneiric*
BcronUbuntuprecise*
BcronUbuntuquantal*
BcronUbuntuupstream*

References

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