Medium severity · published Mar 12, 2019
CVE-2019-9706
Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and daemon crash) because of a force_rescan_user error
5.5
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and daemon crash) because of a force_rescan_user error.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 40% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CR
Cron · Debian
3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; 3.0; +34 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9706
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9706
Exploit
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809167
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html
Mailing List
https://packages.qa.debian.org/c/cron/news/20190311T170403Z.html
Patch
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/40791b93
