SUSE-SU-2019:1389-2

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    SUSE-SU-2019:1389-2

    Published: 3 Jul 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026

    Summary: Security update for cronie

    Details: This update for cronie fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: - CVE-2019-9704: Fixed an insufficient check in the return value of calloc which could allow a local user to create Denial of Service by crashing the daemon (bsc#1128937). - CVE-2019-9705: Fixed an implementation vulnerability which could allow a local user to exhaust the memory resulting in Denial of Service (bsc#1128935). Bug fixes: - Manual start of cron is possible even when it's already started using systemd (bsc#1133100). - Cron schedules only one job of crontab (bsc#1130746).

    References: https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2019/suse-su-20191389-2/, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128935, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128937, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130746, https://bugzilla.suse.com/1133100, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9704, https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9705

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cronie

    Purl: pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.5.1-6.7.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High