CVE catalog

CVE-2010-0424

cron: CVE-2010-0424

Severity: Low
Published: Feb 18, 2010, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.35% · Oct 27, 2026

The edit_cmd function in crontab.c in (1) cronie before 1.4.4 and (2) Vixie cron (vixie-cron) allows local users to change the modification times of arbitrary files, and consequently cause a denial of service, via a symlink attack on a temporary file in the /tmp directory.

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 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
- 3.0pl1-162 · arm64 · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
[cron-daemon-common]Not affected
Source package: [cron]
Details (2)
- 3.0pl1-162 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · cron · debian · bookworm
- 3.0pl1-162 · all · bookworm
  Not affected
  dsa · cron · debian · bookworm

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 5:04:49 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]