CVE catalog
CVE-2009-3589
incron: CVE-2009-3589
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.30% · Oct 25, 2026
incron 0.5.5 does not initialize supplementary groups when running a process from a user's incrontabs, which causes the process to be run with the incrond supplementary groups and allows local users to gain privileges via an incrontab table.
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 | incron | sid | 0.5.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | incron | forky | 0.5.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | incron | trixie | 0.5.12-4 | fixed |
| Debian | incron | bookworm | 0.5.12-4 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | incron | source | sid | 0.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | incron | source | forky | 0.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | incron | source | trixie | 0.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | incron | source | bookworm | 0.5.7-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [incron]Fixed
Details (2)
0.5.12-4· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.7-1dsa · incron · debian · bookworm; dsa · incron · debian · 12
0.5.12-4· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.5.7-1dsa · incron · debian · bookworm; dsa · incron · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed: