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CVE-2001-0560

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Vixie cron 3.0.1-56 and earlier could allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long username (> 20 characters).

Affected products

• Paul Vixie Vixie Cron: through 3.0.1.56

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0197.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/immunix/2001-q1/0066.html
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17048&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17261&apar=only
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-022.php3
• http://www.osvdb.org/5583
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-014.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6098
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-02/0197.html
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/linux/immunix/2001-q1/0066.html
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17048&apar=only
• http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY17261&apar=only

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