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.
Published: 2019-03-12
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1723-1 cron security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2801-1 cron security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19070 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-1 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-2 Cron vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00047}

epss

{'score': 0.00036}


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Cron Project Cron
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:54:45.181Z

Reserved: 2019-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-9704

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-12T01:29:00.240

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:08.490

Link: CVE-2019-9704

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-03-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-9704 - Bugzilla

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