Index: cronie-1.4.8/src/do_command.c
===================================================================
--- cronie-1.4.8.orig/src/do_command.c
+++ cronie-1.4.8/src/do_command.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static int child_process(entry * e, user
 	int stdin_pipe[2], stdout_pipe[2];
 	char *input_data, *usernm, *mailto, *mailfrom;
 	int children = 0;
+    int i = 3, open_max = -1;
 	pid_t pid = getpid();
 	struct sigaction sa;
 
@@ -154,6 +155,12 @@ static int child_process(entry * e, user
 		*p = '\0';
 	}
 
+               open_max = sysconf(_SC_OPEN_MAX);
+               if (open_max < 0)
+                       open_max = 1024;
+               for (i = STDERR + 1; i < open_max; ++i)
+                       close(i);
+
 
 	/* fork again, this time so we can exec the user's command.
 	 */