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CVE-2019-9706

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 12, 2019 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:44 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorDebian LinuxCron

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%

Description

Vixie Cron before the 3.0pl1-133 Debian package allows local users to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and daemon crash) because of a force_rescan_user error.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=809167
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00025.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00029.html
x_refsource_MISCMailing ListPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://packages.qa.debian.org/c/cron/news/20190311T170403Z.html
x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://salsa.debian.org/debian/cron/commit/40791b93

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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