CVE-2019-9704 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2019-9704

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users...

Vulnerability Description

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a large crontab file because the calloc return value is not checked.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

cron project

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Affected Software

cron, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 29, 8.0, 9.0

Timeline

Official Publish: March 12th, 2019
Last Modified: August 4th, 2024
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.