CVE catalog
CVE-2007-1856
cron: CVE-2007-1856
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.38% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | sid | 3.0pl1-212 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | forky | 3.0pl1-212 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | trixie | 3.0pl1-197 | not affected |
| Debian | cron | bookworm | 3.0pl1-162 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cron]Not affected
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
3.0pl1-162· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
- [cron-daemon-common]Not affected
Source package: [cron]
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
Observed: