CVE-2019-9704 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Vixie Cron, affecting versions prior to the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package, as well as various Debian and Fedora cron implementations. A local attacker can crash the cron daemon by providing a large crontab file, due to unchecked memory allocation. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating low attack complexity and local access requirements, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.0pl1-133CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cron_project:cron:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
29CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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