DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3992
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992
Upstream
Published
2016-07-26T17:59:01.577Z
Modified
2025-11-19T01:01:55.296693Z
Severity
  • 6.2 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

cronic before 3 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) cronic.out.$$, (2) cronic.err.$$, or (3) cronic.trace.$$ file in /tmp.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / cronic

Package

Name
cronic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cronic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992.json"

Debian:12 / cronic

Package

Name
cronic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cronic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992.json"

Debian:13 / cronic

Package

Name
cronic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cronic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992.json"

Debian:14 / cronic

Package

Name
cronic
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/cronic?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3992.json"