A Fcron security update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-27
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Fcron: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 18, 2004
Bugs: #71311
ID: 200411-27

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities in Fcron can allow a local user to potentially cause a Denial of Service.



Background
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Fcron is a command scheduler with extended capabilities over cron and anacron.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 sys-apps/fcron = 2.0.2
>= 2.9.5.1

Description
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Due to design errors in the fcronsighup program, Fcron may allow a local user to bypass access restrictions (CAN-2004-1031), view the contents of root owned files (CAN-2004-1030), remove arbitrary files or create empty files (CAN-2004-1032), and send a SIGHUP to any process. A vulnerability also exists in fcrontab which may allow local users to view the contents of fcron.allow and fcron.deny (CAN-2004-1033).

Impact
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A local attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities to perform a Denial of Service on the system running Fcron.

Workaround
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Make sure the fcronsighup and fcrontab binaries are only executable by trusted users.

Resolution
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All Fcron users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/fcron-2.0.2&qu
ot;

References
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[ 1 ] CAN-2004-1030
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1030
[ 2 ] CAN-2004-1031
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1031
[ 3 ] CAN-2004-1032
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1032
[ 4 ] CAN-2004-1033
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2004-1033

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200411-27.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2004 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0