CVE-2006-0539
N/A
Published: February 4, 2006 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFcron
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
Description
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."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (10)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0999.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423697/100/0/threadedVDB Entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0435Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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