CVE-2006-0539
mediumpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
The convert-fcrontab program in fcron 3.0.0 might allow local users to gain privileges via a long command-line argument, which causes Linux glibc to report heap memory corruption, possibly because a strcpy in the strdup2 function can "overwrite some data."
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-27159Fcron 3.0 - Convert-FCronTab Local Buffer Overflowfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (20)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0999.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://fcron.free.fr/doc/en/changes.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://fcron.free.fr/news.php#a20060206a.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18719enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423697/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16467enisa_euvd
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0036enisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0435enisa_euvd
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