| Name | CVE-2019-9704 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1723-1, DLA-2801-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| cron (PTS) | bullseye | 3.0pl1-137 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.0pl1-162 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.0pl1-196 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| cron | source | jessie | 3.0pl1-127+deb8u2 | | DLA-1723-1 | |
| cron | source | stretch | 3.0pl1-128+deb9u2 | | DLA-2801-1 | |
| cron | source | (unstable) | 3.0pl1-133 | low | | |
Notes
Fixed by: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/f2525567