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TITLE:
bcron "bcron-exec" File Descriptor Handling Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA51793

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RELEASE DATE:
2013-01-18

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DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in bcron, which can be exploited
by malicious, local users to perform certain actions with escalated
privileges.

The security issue is caused due to the "bcron-exec" utility
insecurely handling file descriptors for temporary files, which can
be exploited to overwrite the files with arbitrary content.

The security issue is reported in version 0.09. Prior versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.10.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Anton Khalikov in a Debian bug report.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://untroubled.org/bcron/NEWS

Anton Khalikov:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650

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