CVE-2019-9705

Medium

Description

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large crontab file because an unlimited number of lines is accepted.

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

Product

Cron

PublishedMar 12, 2019

First seenMar 12, 2019

How to fix

Update

cron_project cron3.0pl1-133 or later

Vendor advisories

lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DU7HAUAQR4E4AEBPYLUV6FZ4PHKH6A2/

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
cron_project cron	v < 3.0pl1-133	3.0pl1-133
debian debian_linux	8.0, 9.0	—
fedoraproject fedora	29	—

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