UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9704

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9704

    Published: 12 Mar 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-9704

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9704, https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/f2525567, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5259-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9704

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cron

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    3.0pl1-124ubuntu2

    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