openSUSE Advisory: 2019:1520-1 Addressing Low Severity Cronie DoS Issues
opensuse
June 5, 2019
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available.
Description
This update for cronie fixes the following issues:
Security issues fixed:
- CVE-2019-9704: Fixed an insufficient check in the return value of calloc
which could allow a local user to create Denial of Service by crashing
the daemon (bsc#1128937).
- CVE-2019-9705: Fixed an implementation vulnerability which could allow a
local user to exhaust the memory resulting in Denial of Service
(bsc#1128935).
Bug fixes:
- Manual start of cron is possible even when it's already started using
systemd (bsc#1133100).
- Cron schedules only one job of crontab (bsc#1130746).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
Topics Covered
Patch
Patch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 15.1:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1520=1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2019-1520=1
Package List
- openSUSE Leap 15.1 (i586 x86_64):
cron-4.2-lp151.4.3.1
cronie-1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
cronie-anacron-1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
cronie-debugsource-1.5.1-lp151.4.3.1
- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (i586 x86_64):
cron-4.2-lp150.3.3.1
cronie-1.5.1-lp150.3.3.1
cronie-anacron-1.5.1-lp150.3.3.1
cronie-anacron-debuginfo-1.5.1-lp150.3.3.1
cronie-debuginfo-1.5.1-lp150.3.3.1
cronie-debugsource-1.5.1-lp150.3.3.1
References
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9704.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9705.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128935
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1128937
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1130746
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1133100
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2019:1520-1
Rating: low
Affected Products:
openSUSE Leap 15.1
openSUSE Leap 15.0
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