CVE-2012-6110

low
Published 2014-09-29 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

bcron-exec in bcron before 0.10 does not close file descriptors associated with temporary files when running a cron job, which allows local users to modify job files and send spam messages by accessing an open file descriptor.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-6110

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=686650

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.09-13
debian debianbullseyefixed0.09-13
debian debianforkyfixed0.09-13
debian debiansidfixed0.09-13
debian debiantrixiefixed0.09-13

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bcron_projectbcron_exec{"endIncluding":"0.09"}
bcron_projectbcron_exec0.04
bcron_projectbcron_exec0.05
bcron_projectbcron_exec0.06
bcron_projectbcron_exec0.07
bcron_projectbcron_exec0.08

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.