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."
Published: 2006-02-04
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0546 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."
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Thibault Godouet Fcron
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:41:28.583Z

Reserved: 2006-02-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0539

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-04T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0539

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