Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.64142
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-778-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'cron' package(s) announced via the USN-778-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'cron' package(s) announced via the USN-778-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: It was discovered that cron did not properly check the return code of the setgid() and initgroups() system calls. A local attacker could use this to escalate group privileges. Please note that cron versions 3.0pl1-64 and later were already patched to address the more serious setuid() check referred to by CVE-2006-2607. Affected Software/OS: 'cron' package(s) on Ubuntu 6.06, Ubuntu 8.04, Ubuntu 8.10, Ubuntu 9.04. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.2 CVSS Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2006-2607 BugTraq ID: 18108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18108 Bugtraq: 20060525 rPSA-2006-0082-1 vixie-cron (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435033/100/0/threaded http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200606-07.xml https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10213 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0539.html http://securitytracker.com/id?1016480 http://secunia.com/advisories/20380 http://secunia.com/advisories/20388 http://secunia.com/advisories/20616 http://secunia.com/advisories/21032 http://secunia.com/advisories/21702 http://secunia.com/advisories/35318 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2006:027 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-05-32.html https://usn.ubuntu.com/778-1/ http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2075 XForce ISS Database: vixie-cron-docommand-gain-privilege(26691) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26691
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