SB20240819167 - Local denial of service in OpenBSD cron
Published: August 19, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB20240819167
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43688)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in cron(8) and crontab(1) when handling incorrect /step values. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.