CVE catalog
CVE-2019-9704
cron: CVE-2019-9704
- Severity
- Low · CVSS 3.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.36% · Oct 27, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | sid | 3.0pl1-212 | fixed |
| Debian | cron | forky | 3.0pl1-212 | fixed |
| Debian | cron | trixie | 3.0pl1-197 | fixed |
| Debian | cron | bookworm | 3.0pl1-162 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cron | 14.04 | 3.0pl1-124ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | pro | 3.0pl1-127ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | pro | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | pro | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | pro | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | cron | 18.04 | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu5 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | 18.04 | 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | cron | 18.04 | 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | cronie | tumbleweed | 1.5.7-86.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cronie | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp1 | 1.5.1-6.7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cronie | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.5.1-6.7.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cronie | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cronie | linux enterprise server 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | fixed |
| Suse | cronie | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | cronie | leap 15.0 | 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | cronie | leap 15.1 | 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cron | source | sid | 3.0pl1-133 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | forky | 3.0pl1-133 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | trixie | 3.0pl1-133 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cron | source | bookworm | 3.0pl1-133 | low | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cron | deb | pro | 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9704 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | cron | deb | 18.04 | 3.0pl1-128.1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9704 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | cronie | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.5.7-86.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10701-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cronie | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 sp1 | 1.5.1-6.7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1389-2 | Not reported |
| Suse | cronie | rpm | linux enterprise module for basesystem 15 | 1.5.1-6.7.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1389-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cronie | rpm | linux enterprise desktop 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1990-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cronie | rpm | linux enterprise server 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1990-1 | Not reported |
| Suse | cronie | rpm | linux enterprise server for sap applications 12 sp4 | 1.4.11-59.10.1 | Not reported | SUSE-SU-2019:1990-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | cronie | rpm | leap 15.0 | 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1520-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | cronie | rpm | leap 15.1 | 1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2019:1520-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [cron]Unknown
Source package: [cronie]
Details (1)
4.2-100.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.5.7-86.1Version impact unknown
dsa · cronie · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [cronie-anacron]Unknown
Source package: [cronie]
Details (1)
1.7.2-100.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.5.7-86.1Version impact unknown
dsa · cronie · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [cronie]Fixed
Source package: [cronie]
Details (1)
1.7.2-100.3· x86_64 · tumbleweedFixed · Fixed:
1.5.7-86.1dsa · cronie · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cron]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · bookworm; dsa · cron · debian · 12
3.0pl1-162· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · bookworm; dsa · cron · debian · 12
- [cron-daemon-common]Fixed
Source package: [cron]
Details (2)
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · bookworm; dsa · cron · debian · 12
3.0pl1-162· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · bookworm; dsa · cron · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [cron]Fixed
Details (2)
3.0pl1-197· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · 13
3.0pl1-197· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · 13
- [cron-daemon-common]Fixed
Source package: [cron]
Details (2)
3.0pl1-197· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · 13
3.0pl1-197· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
3.0pl1-133dsa · cron · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2019_1389-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9704]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1389-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1389-2]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2019:1990-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9704]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2019:1520-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10701-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9704]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2019/cve-2019-9704.json]
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