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cronie: file descriptor leak

Package(s):cronie CVE #(s):CVE-2012-6097
Created:January 29, 2013 Updated:April 5, 2013
Description: From the openSUSE advisory:

cron: does not close file descriptors before invocation of commands. See this bug report for more information.

Alerts:
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2013:0205-1 2013-01-29
Mageia MGASA-2013-0023 2013-02-06
Mandriva MDVSA-2013:033 2013-04-05
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