CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%
Low
Canonical Ubuntu
USN-5259-1 and USN-5259-2 fixed vulnerabilities in Cron. Unfortunately that update was incomplete and could introduce a regression. This update fixes the problem. We apologize for the inconvenience. Original advisory details: It was discovered that the postinst maintainer script in Cron unsafely handled file permissions during package install or update operations. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a privilege escalation attack. (CVE-2017-9525) Florian Weimer discovered that Cron incorrectly handled certain memory operations during crontab file creation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9704) It was discovered that Cron incorrectly handled user input during crontab file creation. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9705) It was discovered that Cron contained a use-after-free vulnerability in its force_rescan_user function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-9706) Update Instructions: Run sudo ua fix USN-5259-3
to fix the vulnerability. The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: cron – 3.0pl1-128ubuntu2+esm2 Available with UA Infra or UA Desktop: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
CVEs contained in this USN include: CVE-2017-9525.
Severity is low unless otherwise noted.
Users of affected products are strongly encouraged to follow the mitigations below. The Cloud Foundry project recommends upgrading the following releases:
2022-07-29: Initial vulnerability report published.
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
cloudfoundry | bionic_stemcells | * | cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:bionic_stemcells:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cloudfoundry | cflinuxfs3 | * | cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cflinuxfs3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
cloudfoundry | cf-deployment | * | cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cf-deployment:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
26.7%