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Date:      Thu, 19 Dec 1996 09:11:36 +0100 (MET)
From:      Guido.vanRooij@nl.cis.philips.com (Guido van Rooij)
To:        steve@edmweb.com (Steve Reid)
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cron [FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow]
Message-ID:  <199612190811.JAA27696@bsd.lss.cp.philips.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961218220740.2563E-100000@bitbucket.edmweb.com> from Steve Reid at "Dec 18, 96 10:11:05 pm"

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Steve Reid wrote:
> > Topic:		unauthorized access via buffer overruns
> > 		cron, crontab, ppp
> > Category:	core
> > Module:		cron, crontab, ppp
> 
> What is the nature of the problem with cron? If a user doesn't have 
> access to crontab files, can they somehow cause buffer overflows in the 
> running process???
> 


If a user is allowed to run crontab you are in trouble. See the exploits
recently posted on various lists, among which this list and Bugtraq.

-Guido



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