Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting cron package, versions <3.0pl1-128+deb9u2
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (6th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-CRON-340223
- published 12 Mar 2019
- disclosed 12 Mar 2019
Introduced: 12 Mar 2019
CVE-2019-9705 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9
cron
to version 3.0pl1-128+deb9u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cron
package and not the cron
package as distributed by Debian
.
See How to fix?
for Debian:9
relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9705
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DU7HAUAQR4E4AEBPYLUV6FZ4PHKH6A2/
- https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/26814a26
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107378
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DU7HAUAQR4E4AEBPYLUV6FZ4PHKH6A2/