Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Mar 12, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2019-9705
CVE-2019-9705
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.
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Affected products
9- Range: <3.0pl1-133 Debian package
- osv-coords7 versionspkg:rpm/opensuse/cronie&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.0pkg:rpm/opensuse/cronie&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/cronie&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP4
< 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1+ 6 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.11-59.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.1-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.5.1-6.7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.11-59.10.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.11-59.10.1
Patches
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References
5- salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/26814a26nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/107378nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6DU7HAUAQR4E4AEBPYLUV6FZ4PHKH6A2/nvd
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