CVE-2019-9704 (GCVE-0-2019-9704)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-03-12 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-04 21:54
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2019-03-11 00:00
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