Gentoo: GLSA 200411-27 Important: Fcron Denial of Service Issue
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November 19, 2004
Multiple vulnerabilities in Fcron can allow a local user to potentially cause a Denial of Service.
Summary
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200411-27
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Fcron: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: November 18, 2004
Bugs: #71311
ID: 200411-27
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.
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1 sys-apps/fcron <= 2.9.5 *>= 2.0.2
>= 2.9.5.1
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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
con...
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