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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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1723-1 cron security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2801-1 cron security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-19071 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-1 Cron vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5259-2 Cron vulnerabilities
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Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.00053}

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{'score': 0.00041}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T21:54:45.146Z

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

Link: CVE-2019-9705

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-12T01:29:00.287

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:52:08.640

Link: CVE-2019-9705

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

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

Links: CVE-2019-9705 - Bugzilla

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