Link Following Affecting systemd-cron package, versions <1.5.17-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (29th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SYSTEMDCRON-1582787
  • published9 Jun 2017
  • disclosed9 Jun 2017

Introduced: 9 Jun 2017

CVE-2017-9525  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 systemd-cron to version 1.5.17-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream systemd-cron package and not the systemd-cron package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the cron package through 3.0pl1-128 on Debian, and through 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 on Ubuntu, the postinst maintainer script allows for group-crontab-to-root privilege escalation via symlink attacks against unsafe usage of the chown and chmod programs.

CVSS Scores

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