Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU63055

Unchecked Return Value in cron (Debian package) - CVE-2019-9704

Published: May 11, 2022

Vulnerability identifier: #VU63055

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9704

CWE-ID: CWE-252

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Debian

Affected software:
cron (Debian package)

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to the calloc return value is not checked. A local user can create a large crontab file and crash the daemon.

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