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SUSE: 2019:1389-1 Low: Fixes for Cronie Denial of Service Issues

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2019
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE has released a security update for cronie that addresses two critical vulnerabilities: issues leading to Denial of Service attacks and includes necessary bug fixes.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has two fixes is now available

Summary

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). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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:

References

#1128935 #1128937 #1130746 #1133100

Cross- CVE-2019-9704 CVE-2019-9705

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15

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: SUSE-SU-2019:1389-1
Rating: low

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