CVE-2011-1073
Description
crontab.c in crontab in FreeBSD and Apple Mac OS X allows local users to (1) determine the existence of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary file and (2) perform MD5 checksum comparisons on arbitrary pairs of files via two symlink attacks on /tmp/crontab.XXXXXXXXXX temporary files.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
FreeBSD Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
macOS Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0 |
| sid | Fixed | 0 |
| forky | Fixed | 0 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=129891323028897&w=2
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/14
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/28/6
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8117
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516716/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46604
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65899
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-1073
CWEs
CWE-59
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.